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The U.S. state of Oregon instituted a requirement for commercial fishing licenses in 1899, the same year that the state's sturgeon fishery had collapsed due to over-harvesting. Oregon began requiring recreational fishing licenses in 1901. [5] Indiana began issuing hunting licenses in 1901 and added fishing privileges to its hunting license in ...
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 ...
On October 18, 1873, the Oregon Pioneer Society was reorganized as the Oregon Pioneer Association (OPA). [1] The group continued to hold annual meetings each June, usually around the June 15 "Pioneer Day" holiday, [ 2 ] with stenographic reports of these meetings published in pamphlet form for the historical record.
Keizur and his family left Independence, Missouri, for Oregon on 20 May 1843. On the journey to Oregon, Keisur was joined by his wife, five sons, five daughters, two sons-in-law, eight grandchildren, and a brother of one of his sons-in-law. [4] [2] [3] [7] There were over one hundred wagons and approximately 900 pioneers traveling west to ...
Allen Ervin Flowers was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 20, 1847. [2]Flowers was a cabin boy aboard the Brother Jonathon before jumping ship in 1865 as the ship docked in Portland.
American pioneers, missionaries, trappers, and traders who arrived and settled in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon before 1890, especially those who arrived on the Oregon Trail from 1843 until 1855 and those who arrived pre-statehood in 1859. 1890 is when the United States Census Bureau officially declared the U.S. frontier closed.
Robert Moore was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 1781. [1] In 1805, Moore married Margaret Clark, [2] and they would have ten children. [1] In the east he served as a soldier in the War of 1812 [3] before moving to the Midwest where he helped to found several towns and built several businesses. [1]
George Henry Himes (May 18, 1844 – January 6, 1940) was an Oregon pioneer and the first curator of the Oregon Historical Society.His collection of diaries and notebooks preserved the details of the lives and experiences of many pioneers.