[1][3] In 1854 America traveled by wagon train to Oregon with John Waldo's widow, Avarilla, and several other African Americans.

In the spring of 1855 they moved south to Douglas County where Avarilla established a Donation Land claim near Roseburg, Oregon.

[7][1] In Salem, Oregon, on January 1, 1863, at the age of 18, America Waldo married Richard Arthur Bogle, a free Black man born in Jamaica.

"[9][8] The Oregonian retorted to Bush's negative press coverage by saying, "the heart of a man who could be guilty of making light even of a poor mulatto girl's feelings is blacker than the skin of any African.

[10] America Waldo Bogle was known as "a lady of estimable character, noted for her deeds of charity to the poor and suffering.

[1][7][11] America and Richard's commitment to hard work and community involvement was continued in subsequent generations of the Bogle family.

The gallery was named in America's honor "because the stories of nineteenth-century Black women are rarely told, particularly against the legacies of powerful men like Asahel Bush.