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table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms tbody tr:first-child td{width:50%;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-former-subdiv vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Territory of Oregon</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territories of the United States">Organized incorporated territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="The United States">the United States</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1846–1859</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oregon-Territory-seal.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the Oregon Territory of Oregon Territory"><img alt="Seal of the Oregon Territory of Oregon Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Oregon-Territory-seal.tif/lossy-page1-85px-Oregon-Territory-seal.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Oregon-Territory-seal.tif/lossy-page1-128px-Oregon-Territory-seal.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Oregon-Territory-seal.tif/lossy-page1-170px-Oregon-Territory-seal.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1470" data-file-height="1470" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">Seal</a> of the Oregon Territory</div> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_City,_Oregon" title="Oregon City, Oregon">Oregon City</a> (1848–1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon">Salem</a> (1851–1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon" title="Corvallis, Oregon">Corvallis</a> (1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon">Salem</a> (1855–1859)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territories of the United States">Organized incorporated territory</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Alis_volat_propriis" title="Alis volat propriis">Alis volat propriis</a></i></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Oregon">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1848–1850; 1853 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lane" title="Joseph Lane">Joseph Lane</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1850 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kintzing_Prichette" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintzing Prichette">Kintzing Prichette</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1850–1853 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_P._Gaines" title="John P. Gaines">John P. Gaines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1853–1854 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley_Davis" title="John Wesley Davis">John W. Davis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1854–1859 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Law_Curry" title="George Law Curry">George L. Curry</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Treaty" title="Oregon Treaty">Oregon Treaty</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">June 15, 1846</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Organized </div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 August 1846</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Washington_Territory" title="Washington Territory">Washington Territory</a> split off </div></th><td class="infobox-data">March 2, 1853</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Statehood</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 February</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Oregon" title="Provisional Government of Oregon">Provisional Government of Oregon</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Territory" title="Washington Territory">Washington Territory</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Oregon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Oregon.svg/30px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Oregon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Territory of Oregon</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territory_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territory of the United States">organized incorporated territory of the United States</a> that existed from August 14, 1848,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">Union</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">State of Oregon</a>. Originally claimed by several countries (see <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a>), Spanish "El Orejón"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=""Orejón" is folk etymology and is not used in actual 18th century Spanish documents (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> was part of the Territorio de Nutca (1789–1795), later in the 19th century, the region was divided between the <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">British Empire</a> and the US in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, as well as parts of <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>. The capital of the territory was first <a href="/wiki/Oregon_City,_Oregon" title="Oregon City, Oregon">Oregon City</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon">Salem</a>, followed briefly by <a href="/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon" title="Corvallis, Oregon">Corvallis</a>, then back to Salem, which became the state capital upon Oregon's admission to the Union. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Territory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a></div> <p>Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the region that became the Oregon Territory was explored by Europeans first by sea. The first documented voyage of exploration was made in 1777 by the Spanish, and both British and American vessels visited the region not long thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-doh_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Horner_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horner-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent land-based exploration by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)" title="Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)">Alexander Mackenzie</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition" title="Lewis and Clark Expedition">Lewis and Clark Expedition</a> and development of the fur trade in the region strengthened the competing claims of Great Britain and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-fur_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The competing interests of the two foremost claimants were addressed in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_1818" title="Treaty of 1818">Treaty of 1818</a>, which sanctioned a "joint occupation", by British and Americans, of a vast "<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a>" (as the American side called it) that comprised the present-day U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the portion of what is now the Canadian province of <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> south of the parallel 54°40′ north.<sup id="cite_ref-joint_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joint-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Territory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wpdms_oregon_territory_1848.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wpdms_oregon_territory_1848.png/220px-Wpdms_oregon_territory_1848.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Wpdms_oregon_territory_1848.png 1.5x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>The Oregon Territory, as originally organized, in 1848</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wpdms_oregon_washington_territories_1853.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Wpdms_oregon_washington_territories_1853.png/220px-Wpdms_oregon_washington_territories_1853.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Wpdms_oregon_washington_territories_1853.png 1.5x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>The Oregon Territory (blue) with the Washington Territory (green) in 1853</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wpdms_oregon_washington_territory_1859.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Wpdms_oregon_washington_territory_1859.png/220px-Wpdms_oregon_washington_territory_1859.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Wpdms_oregon_washington_territory_1859.png 1.5x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>The State of Oregon (blue) with the Washington Territory (green) in 1859</figcaption></figure> <p>During the period of joint occupation, most activity in the region outside of the activities of the indigenous people came from the <a href="/wiki/Fur_trade" title="Fur trade">fur trade</a>, which was dominated by the British <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-settle_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settle-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, some trappers began to settle down in the area and began farming, and missionaries started to arrive in the 1830s.<sup id="cite_ref-settle_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settle-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some settlers also began arriving in the late 1830s, and covered wagons crossed the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a> beginning in 1841.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the only governments that existed in the Oregon Country were the individual local Native Americans communities, as no one nation held dominion over the territory. </p><p>A group of settlers in the <a href="/wiki/Willamette_Valley" title="Willamette Valley">Willamette Valley</a> began meeting in 1841 to discuss organizing a government for the area.<sup id="cite_ref-prov_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These earliest documented discussions, mostly concerning forming a government, were held in an early pioneer and Native American encampment and later town known as <a href="/wiki/Champoeg,_Oregon" title="Champoeg, Oregon">Champoeg, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-prov_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These first <a href="/wiki/Champoeg_Meetings" title="Champoeg Meetings">Champoeg Meetings</a> eventually led to further discussions, and in 1843 the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Oregon" title="Provisional Government of Oregon">Provisional Government of Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-prov_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1846, the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute" title="Oregon boundary dispute">Oregon boundary dispute</a> between the U.S. and Britain was settled with the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Treaty" title="Oregon Treaty">Oregon Treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-joint_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joint-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States federal government left their part of the region unorganized for two years until news of the <a href="/wiki/Whitman_massacre" title="Whitman massacre">Whitman massacre</a> reached the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> and helped to facilitate the organization of the region into a U.S. territory.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 14, 1848, Congress passed the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Bill_of_1848" title="Oregon Bill of 1848">Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon</a>, which created what was officially the Territory of Oregon.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Territory of Oregon originally encompassed all of the present-day states of <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, as well as those parts of present-day <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> west of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Divide">Continental Divide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its southern border was the <a href="/wiki/42nd_parallel_north" title="42nd parallel north">42nd parallel north</a> (the boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Adams-Onis_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Adams-Onis Treaty">Adams-Onis Treaty</a> of 1819), and it extended north to the 49th parallel. <a href="/wiki/Oregon_City,_Oregon" title="Oregon City, Oregon">Oregon City, Oregon</a>, was designated as the first capital.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Territory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The territorial government consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oregon" title="Governor of Oregon">governor</a>, a marshal, a <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State" title="Oregon Secretary of State">secretary</a>, an attorney, and a three-judge <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">supreme court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judges on the court also sat as trial level judges as they rode circuit across the territory.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of these offices were filled by appointment by the President of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two-chamber <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Territorial_Legislature" title="Oregon Territorial Legislature">Oregon Territorial Legislature</a> was responsible for passing laws, with seats in both the upper-chamber council and lower-chamber house of representatives filled by local elections held each year.<sup id="cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taxation took the form of an annual property tax of 0.25% for territorial purposes with an additional county tax not to exceed this amount.<sup id="cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bancroft540-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This tax was to be paid on all town lots and improvements, mills, carriages, clocks and watches, and livestock; farmland and farm products were not taxed.<sup id="cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bancroft540-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, a <a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Poll tax (United States)">poll tax</a> of 50 cents for every qualified voter under age 60 was assessed and a graduated schedule of merchants' licenses established, ranging from the <a href="/wiki/Peddlar" class="mw-redirect" title="Peddlar">peddlar's</a> rate of $10 per year to a $60 annual fee on firms with more than $20,000 of capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bancroft540-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gaining_statehood">Gaining statehood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Territory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gaining statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oregon City served as the seat of government from 1848 to 1851, followed by <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon">Salem</a> from 1851 to 1855. <a href="/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon" title="Corvallis, Oregon">Corvallis</a> served briefly as the capital in 1855, followed by a permanent return to Salem later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1853, as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Monticello_Convention" title="Monticello Convention">Monticello Convention</a> and its approval by <a href="/wiki/US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congress">Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a>, the portion of the territory north of the lower <a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia River</a> and north of the 46th parallel east of the river was organized into the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Territory" title="Washington Territory">Washington Territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Constitutional_Convention" title="Oregon Constitutional Convention">Oregon Constitutional Convention</a> was held in 1857 to draft a constitution in preparation for becoming a state, with the convention delegates approving the document in September, and then general populace approving the document in November.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1850, 10 years after the end of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a> (1790–1840), of the 9 churches with <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">regular services</a> in the Oregon Territory, 5 were <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Catholic</a>, 1 was <a href="/wiki/Baptists_in_the_United_States" title="Baptists in the United States">Baptist</a>, 1 was <a href="/wiki/Congregationalism_in_the_United_States" title="Congregationalism in the United States">Congregational</a>, 1 was <a href="/wiki/History_of_Methodism_in_the_United_States" title="History of Methodism in the United States">Methodist</a>, and 1 was <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism_in_the_United_States" title="Presbyterianism in the United States">Presbyterian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850 United States census</a>, 10 counties in the Oregon Territory (7 counties in contemporary <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Oregon" title="List of counties in Oregon">Oregon</a> and 3 in contemporary <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Washington" title="List of counties in Washington">Washington</a>) reported the following population counts:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>County </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Oregon" title="Marion County, Oregon">Marion</a> </td> <td>2,749 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Oregon" title="Washington County, Oregon">Washington</a> </td> <td>2,652 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clackamas_County,_Oregon" title="Clackamas County, Oregon">Clackamas</a> </td> <td>1,859 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yamhill_County,_Oregon" title="Yamhill County, Oregon">Yamhill</a> </td> <td>1,512 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Oregon" title="Polk County, Oregon">Polk</a> </td> <td>1,051 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linn_County,_Oregon" title="Linn County, Oregon">Linn</a> </td> <td>994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Oregon" title="Benton County, Oregon">Benton</a> </td> <td>814 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Washington" title="Clark County, Washington">Clark</a> </td> <td>643 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_Washington" title="Lewis County, Washington">Lewis</a> </td> <td>558 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clatsop_County,_Oregon" title="Clatsop County, Oregon">Clatsop</a> </td> <td>462 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Oregon Territory </td> <td>13,294 </td></tr> 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Gill Co.: Portland. pp. 28–29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fur-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fur_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Horner, pp. 53–59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-joint-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-joint_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-joint_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Corning, p. 129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-settle-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-settle_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-settle_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Horner, pp. 60–64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corning, p. 186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-prov-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-prov_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prov_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prov_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Corning, p. 206.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Territory_of_Oregon-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Territory_of_Oregon_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Corning, p. 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWriters'_Program_of_the_Work_Projects_Administration_in_the_State_of_Oregon1940" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Writers%27_Project" title="Federal Writers' Project">Writers' Program</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Work_Projects_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Work Projects Administration">Work Projects Administration</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Oregon" title="Government of Oregon">State of Oregon</a> (1940). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich"><i>Oregon: End of the Trail</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/American_Guide_Series" title="American Guide Series">American Guide Series</a>. <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>: <a href="/wiki/Binfords_%26_Mort" class="mw-redirect" title="Binfords & Mort">Binfords & Mort</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/191">191</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4874569">4874569</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oregon%3A+End+of+the+Trail&rft.place=Portland%2C+Oregon&rft.series=American+Guide+Series&rft.pages=191&rft.pub=Binfords+%26+Mort&rft.date=1940&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F4874569&rft.au=Writers%27+Program+of+the+Work+Projects+Administration+in+the+State+of+Oregon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foregonendoftrail00writrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOregon+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bancroft540-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bancroft540_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBancroft1886" class="citation book cs1">Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1886). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="wikisource:en:History of Oregon (Bancroft)/Volume 1/Chapter 19#540"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:History_of_Oregon_(Bancroft)/Volume_1/Chapter_19#540">"Ch. 19" </a></span>. <i>The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Volume 29: History of Oregon: Volume 1, 1834-1848</i>. 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Territory">Washington</a> (1853–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas</a> (1854–1861)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska</a> (1854–1867)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Territory" title="Nevada Territory">Nevada</a> (1861–1864)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado</a> (1861–1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Territory" title="Dakota Territory">Dakota</a> (1861–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Territory" title="Idaho Territory">Idaho</a> (1863–1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Territory" title="Arizona Territory">Arizona</a> (1863–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana_Territory" title="Montana Territory">Montana</a> (1864–1889)</li> <li>Alaska <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Alaska" title="Department of Alaska">Department</a> 1867–1884</li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Alaska" title="District of Alaska">District</a> 1884–1912</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Alaska" title="Territory of Alaska">Territory</a> 1912–1959</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Territory" title="Wyoming Territory">Wyoming</a> (1868–1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Hawaii</a> (1900–1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-weight:bold;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#Incorporated_vs._unincorporated_territories" title="Territories of the United States">Unincorporated territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Hawaii" title="Republic of Hawaii">Republic of Hawaii</a> (1898–1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Government_of_Guam" title="Naval Government of Guam">Naval Government</a> 1899–1950)</li> <li>Philippines <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands">Military Government</a> 1899–1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands" title="Insular Government of the Philippine Islands">Insular Government</a> 1902–1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">Commonwealth</a> 1935–1946</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Government_of_Porto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Military Government of Porto Rico">Military Government</a> 1899–1900</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_Government_of_Porto_Rico" title="Insular Government of Porto Rico">Insular Government</a> 1900–1952</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> (1900–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a> (1917–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> (1986–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-weight:bold;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_trust_territories" title="United Nations trust territories">United Nations trust territories</a> and other inhabited territories governed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Concession_(Shanghai)" title="American Concession (Shanghai)">American concession of Shanghai</a> (1848–1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_concession_of_Tianjin" title="American concession of Tianjin">American concession of Tianjin</a> (1860–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Government_of_Cuba" title="Military Government of Cuba">Cuba</a> (1899–1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> (1903–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Islands" title="Corn Islands">Corn Islands</a> (1914–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_and_Enderbury_Islands" title="Canton and Enderbury Islands">Canton and Enderbury Islands</a> (1939–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands#Navy_Time" title="Bonin Islands">Bonin Islands</a> (1945–1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcano_Islands#History" title="Volcano Islands">Volcano Islands</a> (1945–1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a> (1947–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Civil_Administration_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands" title="United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a> (1950–1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-weight:bold;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act" title="Guano Islands Act">Guano Islands Act</a> claims and other <a href="/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="United States Minor Outlying Islands">uninhabited islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Islands" title="Phoenix Islands">Phoenix Islands</a> (1856–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roncador_Bank" title="Roncador Bank">Roncador Bank</a> (1856–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serrana_Bank" title="Serrana Bank">Serrana Bank</a> (1856–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Island" title="Baker Island">Baker Island</a> (1857–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a> (1858–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a> (1858–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a> (1858–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a> (1860–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_Islands,_Honduras" title="Swan Islands, Honduras">Swan Islands</a> (1863–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howland_Island" title="Howland Island">Howland Island</a> (1867–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a> (1867–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quita_Sue%C3%B1o_Bank" title="Quita Sueño Bank">Quita Sueño Bank</a> (1869–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">Palmyra Atoll</a> (1898–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a> 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Fur_Company" title="American Fur Company">American Fur Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbian_exchange" title="Columbian exchange">Columbian exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_(Oregon_Country)" title="Executive Committee (Oregon Country)">Executive Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_ferries_in_Oregon" title="Historic ferries in Oregon">Ferries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_and_California_Railroad" title="Oregon and California Railroad">Oregon & California Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute" title="Oregon boundary dispute">Oregon boundary dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Lyceum" title="Oregon Lyceum">Oregon Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_missionaries" title="Oregon missionaries">Oregon missionaries</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Spectator" title="Oregon Spectator">Oregon Spectator</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oregon Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Treaty" title="Oregon Treaty">Oregon Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organic_Laws_of_Oregon" title="Organic Laws of Oregon">Organic Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Fur_Company" title="Pacific Fur Company">Pacific Fur Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Oregon" title="Provisional Government of Oregon">Provisional Government</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Provisional Government of Oregon seal"><img alt="Provisional Government of Oregon seal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png/49px-Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png/74px-Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png/98px-Oregon_Provisional_Government_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_1818" title="Treaty of 1818">Treaty of 1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-American_Treaty_of_1824" title="Russo-American Treaty of 1824">Russo-American Treaty of 1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willamette_Cattle_Company" title="Willamette Cattle Company">Willamette Cattle Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champoeg_Meetings" title="Champoeg Meetings">Champoeg Meetings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_of_Oregon_(event)" title="Star of Oregon (event)">Star of Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman_massacre" title="Whitman massacre">Whitman massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayuse_War" title="Cayuse War">Cayuse War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donation_Land_Claim_Act" title="Donation Land Claim Act">Donation Land Claim Act</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holmes_v._Ford" title="Holmes v. Ford">Holmes v. Ford</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogue_River_Wars" title="Rogue River Wars">Rogue River Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Constitutional_Convention" title="Oregon Constitutional Convention">Constitutional Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_War" title="Modoc War">Modoc War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Gale_of_1880" title="Great Gale of 1880">Great Gale of 1880</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albina,_Oregon" title="Albina, Oregon">Albina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applegate_Trail" title="Applegate Trail">Applegate Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barlow_Road" title="Barlow Road">Barlow Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canemah,_Oregon" title="Canemah, Oregon">Canemah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champoeg,_Oregon" title="Champoeg, Oregon">Champoeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Cutoff" title="Elliott Cutoff">Elliott Cutoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Astoria" title="Fort Astoria">Fort Astoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dalles" title="Fort Dalles">Fort Dalles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Vancouver" title="Fort Vancouver">Fort Vancouver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_William_(Oregon)" title="Fort William (Oregon)">Fort William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Prairie" title="French Prairie">French Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linn_City,_Oregon" title="Linn City, Oregon">Linn City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meek_Cutoff" title="Meek Cutoff">Meek Cutoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Mission_in_Oregon" title="Methodist Mission in Oregon">Methodist Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_City,_Oregon" title="Oregon City, Oregon">Oregon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Institute" title="Oregon Institute">Oregon Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Foster_Farm" title="Philip Foster Farm">Philip Foster Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_and_Ruckle_Road" title="Thomas and Ruckle Road">Thomas and Ruckle Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tualatin_Academy" title="Tualatin Academy">Tualatin Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman_Mission_National_Historic_Site" title="Whitman Mission National Historic Site">Whitman Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willamette_Trading_Post" title="Willamette Trading Post">Willamette Trading Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Abernethy" title="George Abernethy">George Abernethy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Applegate" title="Jesse Applegate">Jesse Applegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Babcock" title="Ira Babcock">Ira Babcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barlow_(pioneer)" title="Sam Barlow (pioneer)">Sam Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Norbert_Blanchet" title="François Norbert Blanchet">François Blanchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Boring" title="William H. Boring">William H. Boring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Bristow" title="Elijah Bristow">Elijah Bristow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabitha_Moffatt_Brown" title="Tabitha Moffatt Brown">Tabitha Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Deady" title="Matthew Deady">Matthew Deady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Scott_Duniway" title="Abigail Scott Duniway">Abigail Scott Duniway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lamb_Eliot" title="Thomas Lamb Eliot">Thomas Lamb Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Foster" title="Philip Foster">Philip Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_French" title="Peter French">Peter French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gale" title="Joseph Gale">Joseph Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Gilliam" title="Cornelius Gilliam">Cornelius Gilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(Oregon_politician)" title="David Hill (Oregon politician)">David Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Joseph" title="Chief Joseph">Chief Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kellogg" title="Joseph Kellogg">Joseph Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._G._Lee" title="Henry A. G. Lee">H.A.G. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lee_(missionary)" title="Jason Lee (missionary)">Jason Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_Lenox" title="David Thomas Lenox">David Thomas Lenox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_Lovejoy" title="Asa Lovejoy">Asa Lovejoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_M._McCarver" title="Morton M. McCarver">Morton M. McCarver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLoughlin" title="John McLoughlin">John McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Meek" title="Joseph Meek">Joseph Meek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Meeker" title="Ezra Meeker">Ezra Meeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Miller" title="James D. Miller">James D. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Minto_(Oregon_pioneer)" title="John Minto (Oregon pioneer)">John Minto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Newell_(politician)" title="Robert Newell (politician)">Robert Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Palmer" title="Joel Palmer">Joel Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osborne_Russell" title="Osborne Russell">Osborne Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sager_orphans" title="Sager orphans">Sager orphans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Scott_(Oregon_politician)" title="Levi Scott (Oregon politician)">Levi Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Hart_Spalding" title="Eliza Hart Spalding">Eliza Hart Spalding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Spalding" title="Henry H. Spalding">Henry Spalding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Vandevert" title="William Vandevert">William Vandevert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_White" title="Elijah White">Elijah White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Whitman" title="Marcus Whitman">Marcus Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcissa_Whitman" title="Narcissa Whitman">Narcissa Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Williams" title="George Henry Williams">Geo. H. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Young" title="Ewing Young">Ewing Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_(sidewheeler_1850)" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia (sidewheeler 1850)"><i>Columbia</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lot_Whitcomb_(sidewheeler)" title="Lot Whitcomb (sidewheeler)">Lot Whitcomb</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canemah_(sidewheeler)" title="Canemah (sidewheeler)"><i>Canemah</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Wright_(sternwheeler)" title="Colonel Wright (sternwheeler)">Colonel Wright</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gazelle_(sidewheeler_1854)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazelle (sidewheeler 1854)">Gazelle</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Steam_Navigation_Company" title="Oregon Steam Navigation Company">Oregon 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