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123: 1012: 345:, the Pacific Fur Company representatives at Fort Astoria sold the fort and all other company assets in Oregon to the British-owned North West Company. This happened under threat from a British warship and without the confirmation of John Jacob Astor. Fort Astoria was renamed Fort George. When Astor tried to regain the post, the British insisted their takeover was a business deal, not an act of war. Astor lost his investment. Some years after the war, U.S. diplomats interpreted the 22: 338:. The fur trade envisioned by the American Pacific Fur Company and put into practice by the North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, was a triangular trade that sent furs to China, Chinese goods such as tea to England, and manufactured goods to the Pacific Northwest for trade with the Native Americans. 272:
began meeting and passing laws, with the Provisional Government's laws remaining in effect unless a new law was passed (except a law allowing for minting of money that was set aside by the first territorial governor). In 1857, the people of the territory passed a resolution to hold a convention to
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to supply food staples to the venture. By the 1830s the Hudson's Bay Company was worried about American expansion into the region and, in an attempt to forestall it, made a policy that fur trapping brigades operating south of the Columbia River, especially in the drainages of the Snake River and
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settled the boundary issue with the 49th degree of latitude set as the international boundary between the United States and Britain's North American possessions. However, due to some ambiguity in the treaty, future conflict did arise and ended with the bloodless
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Although the Willamette Cattle Company brought some cattle to Oregon Country, the demand exceeded the supply. Beginning in 1840, another group of pioneers began building a ship to sail south to California where they would trade the ship for more livestock. This
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Various Native American tribes inhabited the region at the beginning of the pioneer settlement period. Each tribe had their own forms of government, but no modern nation existed. The first formal government in the region came in the form of the
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Willamette River, would work to create so-called "fur deserts", where beaver stocks were rapidly and deliberately depleted. This policy, although successful in making beaver rare in the Willamette Valley, did not prevent American settlement.
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Early travel to the region was mainly by ship, with overland transportation developing later. By the 1830s a steady stream of travelers entered Oregon from the south through California and from the east over the
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ended in 1843 when the group returned to the Willamette Valley settlements with a variety of livestock. They left California with 1,250 head of cattle, 600 horses and mules, and 3,000 sheep.
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also began to appear in the 1840s at many river crossings in the region. As the population grew, steamboats began regular service on the rivers, and later railroads were developed. The
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along the coastline for many years, Lewis and Clark's news and descriptions of the region spurred others in the United States to seek fortunes in the fur trade business in
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followed later by a governor. This government remained in control of portions of the region until 1849 when the United States' territorial government arrived.
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Beginning in the early 1840s the fur trade began to decline as fashion tastes shifted away from beaver pelt hats and the numbers of beavers declined due to
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in August 1848. In 1853, the northern boundary of the current state of Oregon was defined, with roughly half of the original Oregon Territory becoming the
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and other smaller carriers developed transportation networks. The first railroad came in 1858 with the Cascade Railroad Company operating a line in the
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that led to what has been termed a "joint occupation" of the Oregon Country. Also in 1818 the U.S. resolved its claims with Spain regarding the western
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was created from the eastern section of the Washington Territory, with other former eastern portions of the Oregon Territory becoming parts of
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who had made a fortune in the ice business in New England. In 1832 he led a new expedition to establish a fur trading empire through his new
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were merged by an act of Parliament with the name of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) retained for the combined entity. The HBC then named Dr.
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and Lower Columbia valley by 1830. Mass migration began in 1842 when a wagon train of around 100 wagons came overland along the
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claims south of 54' 40" (previously resolved with the British, regarding claims with Great Britain only). The remaining
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As more settlers arrived in the area, further transportation infrastructure was developed. Roads such as the
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and set up adjacent to Fort Vancouver. In June 1860 the Hudson's Bay Company closed the fort and withdrew to
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The portion that became part of the United States in 1846 remained unorganized until Congress created the
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a lock and canal were completed to allow vessels to pass the waterfall and continue upriver on the
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helped expand interest in the Pacific Northwest. Although seaborne traders had been engaged in the
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At the beginning of the pioneer period the Oregon Country was the homeland of numerous tribes of
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began in 1878, but were not completed until 1896. Other canals were also built, including the
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in 1811. However, some of the first British traders overland include members of the
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that crossed the Rocky Mountains in 1808 and traveled down what they named the
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Historical Timeline of Events Leading to the formation of Washington State.
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In 1822, McLoughlin had a new post built near where the confluence of the
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was completed as the first bridge over the Willamette River in Portland.
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and the Columbia. On the north shore of the Columbia a new headquarters,
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was held in Salem during the summer of 1857, and created Oregon's first
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and eventually connections to the transcontinental rail lines in 1883.
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Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Land-based Fur Trade and Exploration
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which encompassed much of the drainage of the Columbia River.
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south of the 42nd degree of latitude. This was followed by the
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between British and U.S. claims continued until 1846 when the
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of the Hudson's Bay Company providing additional investment.
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John Jacob Astor. Der erfolgreichste deutsche Auswanderer
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Young led a small group to California, sailing from the
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draft a constitution in order to achieve statehood. The
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Washington State University, accessed October 3, 2007.
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In January 1837, thirteen pioneer settlers formed the
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Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Overland to Oregon
558:and purchase cattle. The settlers were urged on by 717:Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature 804:. Konrad Theiss Verlag: Stuttgart 2009, S. 143ff. 1517: 870:NPS: Fort Vancouver: Introduction to the Village 852:. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). 306:. The first Americans to return were members of 817:Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Souls to Save 408:The next player in the fur trade was American 892: 482:mass migration involving wagon trains in 1843 74:to explore and settle the lands west of the 163:lands, limiting Spanish claims to colonial 139:. Portions of the area were claimed by the 899: 885: 621:History of the Northwestern United States 129:Indian Land Cessions in the United States 711: 709: 707: 705: 703: 701: 699: 697: 683: 681: 679: 677: 675: 121: 20: 691:. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. 1518: 865: 863: 772: 757: 755: 753: 751: 749: 747: 745: 503:were created and small bridges built. 1556:History of United States expansionism 907:Pioneer history of Oregon (1806–1890) 880: 812: 810: 743: 741: 739: 737: 735: 733: 731: 729: 727: 725: 694: 672: 655: 653: 651: 649: 647: 645: 838: 719:. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 83 572:. The settlers were led by American 245:Beginning in 1841 with the death of 860: 545: 171:in 1825 that removed all remaining 13: 821: 807: 722: 642: 488:as the first steamboat in Oregon. 455:arrived after the creation of the 361:for the region the HBC called the 106:in 1792, along with the 1804–1806 86:, traveling by ship either around 14: 1582: 846:. In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). 466: 35:(1806–1890) is the period in the 1546:History of the Pacific Northwest 1010: 945:Oregon & California Railroad 849:Dictionary of Canadian Biography 626:History of the Pacific Northwest 402:Puget Sound Agricultural Company 400:. 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Index


Provisional Government of Oregon
history
Oregon Country
Oregon Territory
Oregon
Northwestern United States
pioneers
mountain men
European
North America
Rocky Mountains
California
Pacific Ocean
Cape Horn
Panama
Columbia River
Robert Gray
George Vancouver
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Oregon Country

Indian Land Cessions in the United States
Native Americans
United States
Great Britain
Spain
Russia
Treaty of 1818
Louisiana Purchase

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