Shannon Applegate

{{short description|American author, lecturer and historian}}

Shannon Applegate is an American author, lecturer, and historian from the state of Oregon. Her works include Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore (1988) and Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country Cemetery (2005). She is also the co-editor of Talking on Paper: Oregon Letters and Diaries, sixth edition (1993).{{cite web |url=http://www.shannonapplegate.com/ |title=Format |accessdate=2009-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201203642/http://shannonapplegate.com/ |archivedate=2011-02-01 }}

In 2007, she was named one of the eight recipients to be given the Governor's Arts Awards for 2006-2007 by Gov. Ted Kulongoski.{{cite web |url=http://www.shannonapplegate.com/news-gov-art-award.html |title=News - Governor's Arts Award |accessdate=2009-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050726/http://www.shannonapplegate.com/news-gov-art-award.html |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}

She is a direct descendant of Charles Applegate who blazed the Oregon Trail in 1843 along with his brothers, Jesse Applegate and Lindsay Applegate. Her father was Colonel Rex Applegate,{{cite web |title=Applegate, Shannon |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/applegate-shannon |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=7 March 2021}} the author of acclaimed military{{Cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/news/1998/07/980717-rex.htm|title = Military Expert Dies}} and police training manuals.

She lives with her husband, Daniel Robertson, on {{convert|110|acre|km2}} of the land that was a part of Charles Applegate's original donation land claim. Their home is the "oldest house in the State of Oregon still occupied by its original family."{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A22RB4K11DJ57S/ref=cm_pdp_search_profile/104-5069891-3660708|title=Profile|website=www.amazon.com|accessdate=23 October 2017}} Her daughter, Jessica Applegate Brown, owns and manages Applegate House Vineyards at the Charles Applegate Home, often referred to as Applegate House.