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an aerial view of a large building in the middle of a field with trees around it

A:FORT VANCOUVER,OREGON TERRITORY,c.1846 Named after British Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver,who explored the northwestern Pacific Coast region in the 1790s,Fort Vancouver was built in 1829 and served as the administrative headquarters and main supply depot of the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Columbia District of what was to become Oregon Territory.The following structures were enclosed by a 15ft-high stockade measuring approximately 730 by 320ft around the year 1846

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the united states as described in this map

This printable map is colorful and horizontally-oriented. It shows territories acquired by the United States between 1783 and 1898, including the Louisiana Purchase, the Texas Annexation, and the Oregon Territory. Free to download and print

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an old map with the words at the hearth of the crossed races written on it

Melinda Marie Jetté is a history professor and the author of a new book about the history of the Oregon Territory. In her book, At the Hearth of the Crossed Races: A French-Indian Community in Nineteenth-Century Oregon, 1812-1859, Jetté reexamines the role of French-Canadian fur trappers, the French-Indian families they created, and their indigenous kin in colonizing the Pacific Northwest. #authorinterview

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an old map shows the location of several towns

Map of Astoria, 1846: The maker of this map, Burr Osborn, survived the 1846 wreck of the Shark, a U.S. Navy schooner, in the dangerous waters of the Columbia Bar. The ship was lost, but the crew survived, spending several months in Oregon Territory. This map was likely made from memory many years later.

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a map of the oregon county and columbia district

In 1845, when the Oregon Treaty was signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, it seemed that an end had been brought to the Oregon boundary

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an old black and white photo of cattle in the desert

There were countless trails created from the wheels of the wagons. If the cart was too heavy to cross the water, household necessities were often left behind. Parents often died, leaving their children to fend for themselves. By the end of the era, there were at least ten people buried…

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the oregon trail is shown in this book

Pioneers were early settlers in a new area of land. Pioneer Students Today, you will be pioneers who want to settle in a new area of land known as the Oregon Territory Pioneers were early settlers in a new area of land. (A.K.A.) “Trail blazers”

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