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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oregon, (search)
45′ to 124° 30′ W. Area, 96,030 square miles, in thirty-one counties. Population, 1890, 313,767; 1900, 413,536. Capital, Salem. A Spanish expedition, sent out under Bruno Heceta in the Santiago, discovers the mouth of the Columbia River......1775 Captain Robert Gray enters the Columbia River in the American ship Columbia from Boston......May 7, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends the Columbia River about 100 miles to the region of the cascades......October–November, 1792 By purchase, the United States acquires the claims of France to Oregon......April 30, 1803 Lewis and Clarke United States government expedition descends the Columbia to its mouth, where it arrives......Nov. 5, 1805 Captain Nathaniel Winship, a New-Englander, builds the first house in Oregon, at Oak Point, on the Columbia......June 4, 1810 Pacific Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor was a leading member, establishes a trading-post at the mouth of the Columbia River, which i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
iver......1775 Strait of Juan de Fuca explored and named by Captain Meares after a Greek mariner of that name......1788 Captain Meares sails from Nootka southward, rediscovers and names Mount Olympus, and discovers and names Shoalwater Bay......July 5, 1788 Capt. Robert Gray discovers Gray Harbor, which he names Bulfinch Harbor, and Columbia River, which he enters......May 11, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia River about 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George Vancouver......April–July, 1792 Lewis and Clarke United States government exploring expedition descends the Columbia River, reaching its mouth......Nov. 5, 1805 Capt. Meriwether Lewis explores the coast from Columbia River to Shoalwater Bay......Nov. 18, 1805 Astoria, first American settlement on Pacific coast, established by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company......April 12, 1811 Fort Okanagan, built by David Stuart