TheLewis and Clark Expeditionreached the mouth of the Columbia River in 1805. The British Fur Company, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the North West Company tried to lay claim to the land of Oregon. These companies would dominate the region for the next few decades. Pre-Civil War History ...
William B. PRATHER (1813-1882): m'd 22 Dec 1848 Clara Barbara (DERR) Carter; settled Benton Co, to CA 1849 to the gold mines, returned to claim on on the Luckiamute river near its junction with the Willamette, later moved to Buena Vista, Polk Co; died 18 Mar 1882; buried Buena ...
In scenes at the White House, President James K. Polk stands in front of a US map, but the map shows the US following the Compromise of 1850. The film is set in 1846, before the Texas border was changed, before the Mexican Cession resulted in the admission of California and the organi...
Their theologies and the power they hold over adherents come from the past; they continue to live in the past, and look how they react when their past catches up to them? The Catholic church’s leaders have, for over a millennia, been appointedby a cabal of their brotherswho claim to ...
America was growing, and homesteaders had to travel hundreds of miles through settled territory to get to the open frontier where they could stake a claim. Pioneers typically traveled in small groups, usually with their extended family or other families from the same town. Accidents and illnesses...
region and to find out if there was a northwest passage. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark expedition explored the area. They found that the passage did not exist, but laid claim to the territory. Their expedition, along with Captain Gray's trip, gave the United States a strong stake in the...
Sunday morning we hit the road to drive north to Gold Beach. I recommend stopping at every sign for a viewpoint along this stretch. Along the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor (download a map), we stopped at Cape Ferrelo Viewpoint and walked the 3 mile roundtrip trail to House Rock Viewpo...
Elsewhere amongst the Canadas, Ontario’s small brewers are lobbying against what they consider unfair levels of taxation, a claim that is largely based on our split sovereignty reality where juristiction is divided in a number of ways including between the federal level and the provinces, leading...
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Coming to Oregon by Boat, he took a claim near Corvallis, becoming a legislator in 1851. In 1859 he was appointed U. S. district clerk for Oregon, but the next year went to Walla Walla, operating stores in the new gold towns of Oro Fino and Pierce City, Ida. He was a co-founder...