| Show THE STORY of 01 OUR STATES oregon it was the spanish who laid caim to the discovery ot of our pacific coast in 1543 ferrelb possibly sailed as lar north as the oregon in 1579 sir francis biake explored lor england the coast considerably north ot of this oher spaniards made further explorations pl orations and captain cook the i navigator in 1783 lauded landed at doilia nootka oo ilia sound and gave it its name ius aus both spain and england laid to this region the american rights to 10 this herrl ory cry were bated based on the discovery of 0 no ile columbia river in 1792 by cap ain robert gray who sailed from oston in the ship columbia to open up jp tur fur trade many american America ii fur riders r ide ders followed and in 1811 john ile stor the head ot of the pacific fur umi any establishes establish ea a settlement astoria at the luruth of the columbia aba real opening of the northwest vas us the result of the famous lewis ind chark expedition uy by 1843 a decided flow ot of e emigrants ml rants from the last east traveled over he oregon trail from kansas city a 0 the columbia river and this route about three months and the ketelers eti lers generally travelled in large parties to withstand any possible at acks from indians american settlers became so numerous berous that the united states active iy ay laid aid claim to this region spain jad iad been forced to withdraw any eights she may have had when florila was ceded in this left england and america quarrelling aver this section of the country einal settlement with definite boundaries joun Oun daries darles between the united rates and canada was made in 1846 aile oregon territory was formed n 1848 and the state of oregon was aken into the union in 1859 with in area of square milesa 0 father Is called the head of the lo io because he toots foots the bills r |
