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Thomas Riggs

Male 1828 - 1906  (78 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1843 
  • 1843—1848: Provisional OR Government
    Provisional Oregon Government
1845 
  • 11 Jan 1845: Wasco County Formed
    Formed from the parts of Clackamas, Lane, Linn and Marion counties, that were east of the Cascade Range.
1846 
  • 15 Jun 1846: Oregon Country Formed
    49th parallel became border between United States and Great Britain.
1847 
  • 28 Dec 1847: Linn County Forrmed
    Created from the southern portion of Champoeg County.
1848 
  • 14 Aug 1848—14 Feb 1859: Oregon Territory
    Oregon Territorial Government
1851 
  • 29 Jan 1851: Lane County Formed
    Created from the Southern part of Linn County and the part of Benton County east of Umpqua County.
1853 
  • 1853: Washington Territory Formed
    created from Oregon territory to include land north of the Columbia river and east of the Snake river.
1859 
  • 14 Feb 1859: OR State Formed
    Oregon accepted into the United States of America
1861 
  • 12 Apr 1861—10 May 1865: United States Civil War
    War between the Federal Government and the secessionist southern states.



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