When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: oregon country 1818 in springfield wv bed and breakfast association of new york state
    • 5-Star Hotels

      Enjoy The Best of The Best

      at These 5-Star Reviewed Hotels.

    • Top 25 Things to Do

      Book the Best Activities Around the

      World. Based on Traveller Reviews.

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Oregon Country - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Country

    Oregon Country was the American name, while the British used Columbia District for the region. [1] British and French Canadian fur traders had entered Oregon Country prior to 1810 before the arrival of American settlers from the mid-1830s onwards, which led to the foundation of the Provisional Government of Oregon.

  3. François X. Matthieu - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_X._Matthieu

    Matthieu was the founder of the small community of Butteville, Oregon, formed the first Masonic lodge in Oregon in 1855, and was elected the first President of the reorganized Oregon Pioneer Association in 1873. He additionally twice served in the Oregon legislature, gaining election for two-year terms in November 1874 and 1878.

  4. Provisional Government of Oregon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of...

    Signed on June 15, 1846, the Oregon Treaty ended the dispute between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, by dividing the Oregon Country at the 49th parallel. [7] This extended U.S. sovereignty over the region, but effective control would not occur until government officials arrived from the United States.

  5. Oregon Treaty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Treaty

    The Oregon Treaty [a] was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.

  6. Oregon Territory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Territory

    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 ...

  7. History of Oregon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Oregon

    The Oregon Trail brought many new settlers to the region, starting in 1842–1843, after the United States agreed to jointly settle the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. For some time, it seemed the United States and the United Kingdom would go to war for a third time in 75 years (see Oregon boundary dispute ), but the border was defined ...

  8. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  9. Oregon pioneer history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_pioneer_history

    Oregon pioneer history (1806–1890) is the period in the history of Oregon Country and Oregon Territory, in the present day state of Oregon and Northwestern United States. It was the era when pioneers and mountain men , primarily of European descent, traveled west across North America to explore and settle the lands west of the Rocky Mountains ...