|
|
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 |
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 |
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
|
|
1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
|
1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
|
|
1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
|
|
1803 |
The Louisiana Purchase - In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
|
|
1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
|
|
1822 |
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 |
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 |
1832 - 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
|
|
1859 |
John Brown raided Harpers
Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to
the outbreak of the Civil War.
|
|
1859 |
Statehood - The Date that
Oregon was admitted to the Union - February 14,
1859. Constitution - Oregon was the 33rd State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Alis Volat
Propiis " the State Motto is translated as "She
Flies With Her Own Wings".
|
|
1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
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.
|
|
1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
|
1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
|
|
1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
|
1872 |
1872-1873: The 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 |
1898-1901: The Spanish
American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of
Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
|
