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January 12th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
board of agriculture......1885 First Saturday in June made a legal holiday, Labor Day......1887 State convention at Salem forms an amalgamated party, including Prohibitionists, Grangers, Free-traders, Greenbackers, American party men, Knights of Labor, Union Labor, and Woman Suffragists, under the title Union party, to oppose the Republicans and Democrats......Sept. 14, 1889 Australian ballot law enacted, and State board of charities and corrections established at the session......Jan. 12–Feb. 20, 1891 Women over twenty-one years of age made eligible to all educational offices......1893 State capitol completed......1893 Fire at Silver Lake in which forty persons perished......Dec. 29, 1894 Departure of 2d Oregon Volunteers for Philippine Islands......May 25, 1898 Return of 2d Oregon Volunteers from Philippine Islands......July 12, 1899 Five proposed constitutional amendments rejected......November, 1900 Erection of a monument at Champoeg on the fifty-eig
February 22nd (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
orted at an adjourned meeting appointed at Corvallis for......Oct. 30, 1855 Volunteer force organized, Oct. 12, by Col. J. E. Ross, engages the Indians at Rogue River, near Galice Creek, Oct. 17, and at Bloody Springs or Grave Creek Hills......Oct. 30, 1855 New State-house at Salem burned, with the library and furniture; the work of an incendiary......Dec. 30, 1855 Indians murder thirteen out of fifteen of the garrison at Whaleshead, on Rogue River, during the absence of the rest (Feb. 22) at a dancing-party; murder many farmers near the fort, and burn their houses and barns; 130, who escaped the massacre and fled to the fort, are besieged thirty-one days, until relieved by two companies under Colonel Buchanan......March, 1856 Troops under Capt. A. J. Smith attacked at the Meadows, on the Rogue River, where the Indians had agreed to meet and give up their arms, by Indians under Chief John, May 27; they are rescued by Captain Augur......May 28, 1856 Chief John surrender
April 14th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
gon ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution......Dec. 11, 1865 Oregon ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment by one majority, and this act is disputed, as secured by the votes of two Republican members of the House afterwards expelled......Sept. 19, 1866 Cincinnatus H. Miller (Joaquin Miller) appointed judge of Grant county......1866 Cargo of wheat shipped from Oregon direct to Australia by bark Whistler......1867 Grading for Oregon Central Railroad begun at Portland, April 14; grading of the rival Oregon and California Railroad begun......April 16, 1868 First full cargo of wheat exported from Oregon direct to Europe by Joseph Watt to Liverpool by the Sallie Brown......1868 State agricultural college at Corvallis opened......1868 Legislature rejects the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and protests against the treaty with China......1870 Oregon school for deaf-mutes at Salem opened......1870 Legislature rescinds the res
May 27th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
the garrison at Whaleshead, on Rogue River, during the absence of the rest (Feb. 22) at a dancing-party; murder many farmers near the fort, and burn their houses and barns; 130, who escaped the massacre and fled to the fort, are besieged thirty-one days, until relieved by two companies under Colonel Buchanan......March, 1856 Troops under Capt. A. J. Smith attacked at the Meadows, on the Rogue River, where the Indians had agreed to meet and give up their arms, by Indians under Chief John, May 27; they are rescued by Captain Augur......May 28, 1856 Chief John surrenders......June 29, 1856 Convention assembles at Albany, and organizes the Free-State Republican party of Oregon......Feb. 11, 1857 Oregon constitutional convention assembles at Salem, Aug. 17; completes its labors, Sept. 18; constitution ratified by the people; majority in favor of adoption, 3,980; against slavery, 5,082; against free negroes, 7,559......Nov. 9, 1857 Coal discovered at Coos Bay, near Empire Cit
June (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
...1851 Gold discovered by some half-breeds in the sand of the old sea-beach at the mouth of a creek near the Coquille......1852 Willamette University at Salem opened 1844; chartered......1853 War with the Indians of Rogue River, begun in June, ended by a treaty signed by Joel Palmer and Samuel H. Culver. By this treaty the Indians sell their lands, comprising the whole Rogue River Valley, to the United States for $60,000......Sept. 8, 1853 Pacific University and Tualatin Academy, aotes against to 11,223 in favor......June 2, 1884 Local option bill passed by the legislature......1885 State normal school at Drain created by law......1885 Bill passed creating a State board of agriculture......1885 First Saturday in June made a legal holiday, Labor Day......1887 State convention at Salem forms an amalgamated party, including Prohibitionists, Grangers, Free-traders, Greenbackers, American party men, Knights of Labor, Union Labor, and Woman Suffragists, under the
June 27th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
early in the morning. Daylight showed that the dead were mostly old men, women, and children......Oct. 8, 1855 In retaliation, the Indians plunder and massacre settlers in the upper Rogue River Valley......Oct. 9, 1855 Astoria chartered......1855 Governor Curry issues a proclamation calling for five companies of volunteers, Oct. 15, and orders all companies not duly enrolled by virtue of said proclamation to disband......Oct. 20, 1855 Convention of Free-Soilers meets at Albany, June 27, and drafts a platform for the anti-slavery party, to be reported at an adjourned meeting appointed at Corvallis for......Oct. 30, 1855 Volunteer force organized, Oct. 12, by Col. J. E. Ross, engages the Indians at Rogue River, near Galice Creek, Oct. 17, and at Bloody Springs or Grave Creek Hills......Oct. 30, 1855 New State-house at Salem burned, with the library and furniture; the work of an incendiary......Dec. 30, 1855 Indians murder thirteen out of fifteen of the garrison at
July 5th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
embles at Albany, and organizes the Free-State Republican party of Oregon......Feb. 11, 1857 Oregon constitutional convention assembles at Salem, Aug. 17; completes its labors, Sept. 18; constitution ratified by the people; majority in favor of adoption, 3,980; against slavery, 5,082; against free negroes, 7,559......Nov. 9, 1857 Coal discovered at Coos Bay, near Empire City, 1853, and mines discovered by James Aiken at Newport and Eastport, opened......1858 State legislature meets, July 5, and Governor Whiteaker is inaugurated......July 8, 1858 Act admitting Oregon signed by the President......Feb. 14, 1859 Governor Whiteaker convenes the legislature, and completes the organization of the State government......May 16, 1859 Joseph Lane, ex-governor of Oregon, nominated for Vice-President of the United States on the Breckinridge ticket......June 23, 1860 Fort Stevens, at the mouth of the Columbia, completed......1864 First National Bank of Portland, the oldest we
July 17th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
n Portland erected by A L. Lovejoy and F. W. Pettygrove......1845 Publication of the Oregon Spectator begun at Oregon City......1846 Resolutions pass the House of Representatives giving notice to Great Britain that the convention of 1818 and 1827 for joint occupation of Oregon should be terminated at the expiration of twelve months from the notice......Feb. 9, 1846 Articles of the Oregon convention between United States and Great Britain held June 15, 1846, are ratified in London, July 17, and proclaimed......Aug. 5, 1846 First sale of town lots for Salem......Sept. 10, 1846 First mail contract in Oregon let to Hugh Burns in the spring of 1846, and first regular mail service in the Territory is established by the United States government......1847 Congress enacts a territorial government for Oregon......Aug. 14, 1848 Gen. Joseph Lane, first territorial governor, arrives, and proclaims the territorial government......March 3, 1849 About $50,000, in five and ten
August 17th (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
by two companies under Colonel Buchanan......March, 1856 Troops under Capt. A. J. Smith attacked at the Meadows, on the Rogue River, where the Indians had agreed to meet and give up their arms, by Indians under Chief John, May 27; they are rescued by Captain Augur......May 28, 1856 Chief John surrenders......June 29, 1856 Convention assembles at Albany, and organizes the Free-State Republican party of Oregon......Feb. 11, 1857 Oregon constitutional convention assembles at Salem, Aug. 17; completes its labors, Sept. 18; constitution ratified by the people; majority in favor of adoption, 3,980; against slavery, 5,082; against free negroes, 7,559......Nov. 9, 1857 Coal discovered at Coos Bay, near Empire City, 1853, and mines discovered by James Aiken at Newport and Eastport, opened......1858 State legislature meets, July 5, and Governor Whiteaker is inaugurated......July 8, 1858 Act admitting Oregon signed by the President......Feb. 14, 1859 Governor Whiteaker co
September 1st (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-oregon
outh of the Klamath River, enters the Umpqua River......Aug. 6, 1850 Oregon donation act; Congress grants each missionary station then occupied 640 acres of land, with the improvements. To each white settler, 640 acres. To each emigrant settling in Oregon between Dec. 1, 1850, and Dec. 1, 1853, 160 acres......Sept. 27, 1850 Maj. Philip Kearny fights the Indians at Rogue River......June 23, 1851 A party of twenty-three, under T'Vault, set out to explore the interior, Aug. 24, 1851. Sept. 1 all but nine turn back, at the Rogue River, about 50 miles from the ocean. These reach the headquarters of the Coquille, Sept. 9; descend it, are attacked, and five of the nine killed by Indians......Sept. 14, 1851 Yam Hill River bridge, the first in the country, constructed at Lafayette......1851 Gold discovered by some half-breeds in the sand of the old sea-beach at the mouth of a creek near the Coquille......1852 Willamette University at Salem opened 1844; chartered......1853
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