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- Title
SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
- Abstract
The article presents the history of the Pacific Nothwest in chronological order from 1792-1889. The U.S. claims the Oregon country in 1792 through the visit of U.S. Captain Robert Gray in the Columbia River. It notes that the U.S. and Great Britain had a treaty in 1818 agreeing to a joint rights in Oregon for ten years, which had been extended. Moreover, it mentions the opening of the eastern Washington to white settlement in 1858. Information on the Adams-Onis treaty, the establishment of Oregon Trail, and the treaty of peace between the eastern Washington Indians and the U.S. Army are further cited.
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (State), Eastern; UNITED States; PACIFIC Northwest; OREGON Territory -- History; TREATIES; 19TH century Native American history; UNITED States. Army; PEACE treaties; GRAY, Robert; OREGON Trail; HISTORY
- Publication
Western States Jewish History, 2001, Vol 34, Issue 1/2, p15
- ISSN
0043-4221
- Publication type
Article