Oregon History: Prehistory to Indian Wars
Dr. John McLoughlin (right) welcomes the first women to cross the continent by covered wagon in 1836. The detail is from a mural in the Oregon State Capitol. (Oregon State Archives Photo No. marD0027)
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An Inhabited Land
Northwest Coast
Columbia Plateau
Great Basin
Some Came By Sea
Land-based Fur Trade and
Exploration
Federal Interests
Souls to Save
Overland to Oregon
The "Oregon Question" and
Provisional Government
Cayuse Indian War
Territorial Government
Spread of Settlement
Indian Wars
