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Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been demarcated by the Treaty of 1818 , consisted of the land north of 42° N latitude , south of 54°40′ N latitude, and west of the ...
The competing interests of the two foremost claimants were addressed in the Treaty of 1818, which sanctioned a "joint occupation", by British and Americans, of a vast "Oregon Country" (as the American side called it) that comprised the present-day U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the portion of ...
Map Baker County: 001: Baker City: 1862: Eastern portion of Wasco County: Named in honor of Edward Dickinson Baker, who died in combat while serving as Oregon senator. 16,912: 3,068 sq mi (7,946 km 2) Benton County: 003: Corvallis: 1847: Polk County: Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Organic Act in 1848 An enlargeable map of the United States after Oregon Statehood in 1859 An ...
The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42°N to 54°40′N. The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted. The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America between several nations that had competing territorial and commercial aspirations in the region.
Oregon (/ ˈ ɒr ɪ ɡ ən,-ɡ ɒ n / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
The Americans referred to the region as Oregon Country, while the British knew it as the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia District, which was administered from Fort Vancouver near present-day Vancouver, Washington. Map of the Oregon Country, with most heavily disputed area highlighted.
Increasing numbers of American settlers arriving on the Oregon Trail gave rise to the Oregon boundary dispute. With the signing of the Oregon Treaty in 1846 the U.S.-British boundary was fixed on the 49th parallel. This effectively destroyed the geographical logic of the HBC's Columbia Department, since the lower Columbia River was the core and ...