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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1843 | - 1843—1848: Provisional OR Government
Provisional Oregon Government
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| 2 | 1846 | - 15 Jun 1846: Oregon Country Formed
49th parallel became border between United States and Great Britain.
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| 3 | 1847 | - 28 Dec 1847: Linn County Forrmed
Created from the southern portion of Champoeg County.
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| 4 | 1848 | - 14 Aug 1848—14 Feb 1859: Oregon Territory
Oregon Territorial Government
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| 5 | 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.
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| 6 | 1853 | - 1853: Washington Territory Formed
created from Oregon territory to include land north of the Columbia river and east of the Snake river.
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| 7 | 1859 | - 14 Feb 1859: OR State Formed
Oregon accepted into the United States of America
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| 8 | 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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Abt 1846 - 1877 (~ 30 years)