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The History of the State of Oregon with some brief, but essential historical events, dates in a timeline and the people who made the State of Oregon great. You will find all of the relevant facts, data and info in a comprehensive Timeline format providing facts about the History of Oregon and how this fits in with the History of America. Historical facts, a timeline and information about the Tribes of Native Americans of the State of Oregon. Discover these interesting facts about the History of Oregon including its explorers, pioneers, settlers and leaders. The Timeline format provides a chronology of important people and events important to the History of Oregon. For General Information about the State please click the following link: Fast Facts about the State of Oregon.

Facts about the History of Oregon History

Facts about the History of Oregon History - 1700's

The Native Indians of Oregon included the Ahantchuyuk, Alsea, Bannock, Calapooya, Cayuse, Chastacosta, Chetco, Hanis, Kuitsh, Miluk, Modoc, Nez Perce, Shasta, Snake, Takelma, Tillamook, Wallawalla and Yamel tribes

1738 - French explorer, Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye (1732-1739 ), lead the first known Euro-American expedition into Oregon

1792 - Claimed by the United States after Captain Robert Gray ( 1755 - 1806 ) explored the mouth of the Columbia River on his ship "the Columbia".

1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.

1775 - 1783 - The American Revolution creates the United States of America. The Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies

July 4, 1776 - United States Declaration of Independence

July 10, 1778 - France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces

September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain

Facts about the History of Oregon History - The Early 1800's

1812 - 1815 - The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but
confirmed America's Independence

1822-1829 - William H Ashley exploration and the discovery of a central route to the Pacific

1824 - Alexander Ross was the leader of the Hudson's Bay Company's 1824 trapping expedition into Snake Country during the fur trade era in Shoshone country

1828 - Peter Skene Ogden (1794-1854) working for the Hudson's Bay Company led five trapping expeditions to the "Snake Country" between 1828-1829

1829 - 1830 William Lewis Sublette (1799-1845) took the first wagon trains along the route (Oregon Trail) to the Rocky Mountains

1830 - John Work, a trader of the Hudson's Bay Company part of the trapping expedition to the Snake Country

1832 and 1834 - Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth organized and led two expeditions to the fur country. He was accompanied by John Kirk Townsend a young ornithologist, and Thomas Nuttall, a botanist on his second expedition

1842 Joseph and Louis Papin were the first white settlers in Topeka. They established
Papin's Ferry which ferried the wagons across the Kansas River

1846 - The Applegate Trail - Was blazed by brothers Lindsay, Jesse, and Charles Applegate as an alternative route to Oregon

1848 Fort Kearny was established

1849 - Gold discovered in California causing the Oregon Trail to be labelled the California Trail by California-bound travellers

Facts about the History of Oregon History - The American Civil War

1861 - 1865 The American Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in
motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861 the South Secedes. The
initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. The
bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War.
The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy

1865 December 6 - The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery

1872-73 - Modoc War - Kientpoos, known to the settlers as Captain Jack, and his Modocs fled from their reservation to Tule Lake, where they held out against soldiers for six months. Captain Jack was hanged

1898-1901 The Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.

Origin of the name - The name of this state is believed to come from the Spanish word "oregano" for the wild sage which grows in eastern Oregon

The History of Oregon provides facts and a timeline crammed with historical facts and dates about State leaders and explorers who impacted the History of the State of Oregon. The early history and timeline of Oregon providing significant facts in the History of Oregon.

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