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13,200 BCE - Earliest evidence of human habitation in Oregon, discovered in 1938 at Fort Rock Cave in modern day Lake County. [1]13,000-11,000 BCE - The Missoula floods inundate and scour large portions of the state along the Columbia River and in the Willamette Valley before entering the Pacific Ocean.
Oregon Territory (1848-1853/1859), established by the United States Congress and approved by the President, two years after its sovereignty over the southern portion of the region was established by the Oregon Treaty of June 1846, splitting the earlier Oregon Country with the northern portion going to Great Britain / future Canada.
1845 – Portland, named after Portland, Maine, was founded by two real-estate men from New England. [1]1850 – The Oregonian newspaper founded. [2] [1]1851 Portland incorporated.
Oregon is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location Northern hemisphere; ... Timeline of Oregon history; History of Oregon, by period
Oregon Treaty of 1846; Historical political divisions of the United States in the present state of Oregon: Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848; Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859 Oregon Organic Act, August 14, 1848 [1] Northern portion of Oregon Territory incorporated in new Washington Territory, March 2, 1853
The Oregon Country Fair has supported artful and joyous lifestyles since 1969 but hit a few bumps along the way. Here are some of the key dates. Oregon Country Fair timeline: A 55-year odyssey of ...
Portland in 1853. The site of the future city of Portland, Oregon, was known to American, Canadian, and British traders, trappers and settlers of the 1830s and early 1840s as "The Clearing," [5] a small stopping place along the west bank of the Willamette River used by travelers en route between Oregon City and Fort Vancouver.
The state of Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. [26] The 1857 Constitution of Oregon provided for the election of a governor every four years, to serve no more than eight out of any twelve years. [27] This length and limit have never been changed. It is one of the few states without a lieutenant governor.