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Oregon Country was a disputed region of the Pacific Northwest of North America in the 19th century. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, as well as American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from the Columbia River frequented
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See moreThe earliest evidence of the name "Oregon" has Spanish origins. The term "orejón" comes from the historical chronicle Relación de la Alta y Baja California (1598) which was written by the New Spaniard Rodrigo Motezuma and
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See moreThe Oregon Country was originally claimed by Great Britain, France, Russia, and Spain; the Spanish claim was later taken up by the United States. The extent of the region being claimed was vague
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See moreIn 1843, settlers in the Willamette Valley established a provisional government at Champoeg. Political pressure in the United States urged the
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See more• American frontier
• Bibliography of Oregon history
• Canada–United States border
• American Imperialism
• Cascadia (independence movement), a contemporary movement to make the Cascadian bioregion, roughly covering the same area as the Oregon...
See moreGeorge Vancouver explored Puget Sound in 1792. Vancouver claimed it for Great Britain on 4 June 1792, naming it for one of his officers, Lieutenant Peter Puget. Alexander Mackenzie was
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See moreIn 1805, the American Lewis and Clark Expedition marked the first official American exploration of the area, creating the first temporary settlement of Euro-Americans in the area
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See moreAlexander Ross, an early Scottish Canadian fur trader, describes the lower Columbia River area of the Oregon Country (known to him as the Columbia District):
The banks of the river...
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