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51 relations: Cayuse people, Cayuse War, Champoeg Meetings, Champoeg, Oregon, Cumberland Gap, Fort Hall, Fort Nez Percés, François Norbert Blanchet, Frances Fuller Victor, French Canadians, French-speaking Quebecer, Fur trade, George W. Ebbert, Hillsboro, Oregon, Hudson's Bay Company, Idaho, James K. Polk, James Nesmith, Joseph Lane, Marcus Whitman, Meek Cutoff, Narcissa Whitman, Nez Perce people, North American beaver, Old Scotch Church, Oregon Blue Book, Oregon City, Oregon, Oregon Country, Oregon Territory, Oregon Trail, PBS, Provisional Government of Oregon, Provisional Legislature of Oregon, Robert Newell (politician), Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Rocky Mountains, Sarah Childress Polk, St. Joseph, Missouri, Stephen Meek, Tualatin Plains, Tualatin Valley, Umatilla people, United States Exploring Expedition, United States Marshals Service, Washington County, Oregon, Washington County, Virginia, Whitman massacre, Whitman Mission National Historic Site, William Sublette, Yakima War, ..., Yellowstone National Park. Expand index (1 more) »
Cayuse people
The Cayuse are a Native American tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States.
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Cayuse War
The Cayuse War was an armed conflict that took place in the Northwestern United States from 1847 to 1855 between the Cayuse people of the region and the United States Government and local American settlers.
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Champoeg Meetings
The Champoeg Meetings were the first attempts at formal governance by European-American and French Canadian pioneers in the Oregon Country on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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Champoeg, Oregon
Champoeg (historically Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 398.) is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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Cumberland Gap
The Cumberland Gap is a narrow pass through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains, near the junction of the U.S. states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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Fort Hall
Fort Hall was a fort that was built in 1834 as a fur trading post by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth.
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Fort Nez Percés
Fort Nez Percés (or Fort Nez Percé, with or without the accent), later known as (Old) Fort Walla Walla, was a fortified fur trading post on the Columbia River on the territory of modern-day Wallula, Washington.
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François Norbert Blanchet
François Norbert Blanchet (September 30, 1795 – June 18, 1883) was a French Canadian-born missionary priest and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was instrumental in establishing the Catholic Church presence in the Pacific Northwest.
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Frances Fuller Victor
Frances Auretta Fuller (Barritt) Victor (pen names: Florence Fane, Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 – November 14, 1902) was an American historian and historical novelist.
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French Canadians
French Canadians (also referred to as Franco-Canadians or Canadiens; Canadien(ne)s français(es)) are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.
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French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers or Quebeckers (Québécois) are francophone residents of the province of Quebec in Canada.
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Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
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George W. Ebbert
George Wood "Squire" Ebbert (1810–1890) was a mountain man and early settler in the Oregon Country.
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Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the State of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County.
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Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.
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Idaho
Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.
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James K. Polk
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American politician who served as the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849).
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James Nesmith
James Willis Nesmith (July 23, 1820 – June 17, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Oregon.
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Joseph Lane
Joseph "Joe" Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881) was an American politician and soldier.
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Marcus Whitman
Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802 – November 29, 1847) was an American physician.
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Meek Cutoff
The Meek Cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail in northeastern Oregon.
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Narcissa Whitman
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman (March 14, 1808 – November 29, 1847) was an American missionary in the Oregon Country of what would become the state of Washington.
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Nez Perce people
The Nez Perce (autonym: Niimíipuu in their own language, meaning "the walking people" or "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who have lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States for a long time.
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North American beaver
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species.
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Old Scotch Church
The Old Scotch Church, also known as the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church, is a church and national historic site located in an unincorporated part of Washington County, Oregon, near Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.
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Oregon Blue Book
The Oregon Blue Book is the official directory and fact book for the U.S. state of Oregon prepared by the Oregon Secretary of State and published by the Office of the Secretary's Archives Division.
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Oregon City, Oregon
Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area.
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Oregon Country
The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed region of the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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Oregon Territory
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
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Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a historic East–West, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.
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Provisional Government of Oregon
The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected settler government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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Provisional Legislature of Oregon
The Provisional Legislature of Oregon was the single-chamber legislative body of the Provisional Government of Oregon.
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Robert Newell (politician)
Robert "Doc" Newell (March 30, 1807 – November 24, 1869), was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country.
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Rocky Mountain Fur Company
The enterprise that eventually came to be known as the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, was established in St. Louis, Missouri in 1822 by William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry.
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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
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Sarah Childress Polk
Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849.
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Stephen Meek
Stephen Hall Meek (July 4, 1807– January 8, 1889) was a fur trapper and guide in the American west, most notably a guide on a large wagon train known as the Meek Cutoff.
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Tualatin Plains
The Tualatin Plains are a prairie area in central Washington County, Oregon, United States.
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Tualatin Valley
The Tualatin Valley is a farming and suburban region southwest of Portland, Oregon in the United States.
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Umatilla people
The Umatilla are a Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States, along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers.
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United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States from 1838 to 1842.
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United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law-enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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Washington County, Virginia
Washington County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Whitman massacre
The Whitman massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre and the Whitman Incident) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa, along with eleven others, on November 29, 1847.
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located just west of Walla Walla, Washington, at the site of the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu.
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William Sublette
William Lewis Sublette also spelled Sublett (September 21 1798 - July 23 1845), was a pioneer, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man, who, with his four brothers, after 1823, became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and later, one of its co-owners, exploiting the riches of the Oregon Country, which helped settle and improve the best routes, along the Oregon Trail.
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Yakima War
The Yakima War (1855-1858) was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
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References
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