Territory of Oregon
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
August 1848: The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
Chronology
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1. Events
March 1853: Washington Territory split off .
September 1853: U.S. treaty concluded at Table Rock, Oregon territory with the Rogue River Indians.
September 1853: U.S. treaty concluded at Cow Creek, Oregon territory with the Umpqua (Cow Creek band).
November 1854: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
November 1854: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
January 1855: U.S. treaty concluded at Point Elliott, Washington territory, with the Dwamish, Suquamish and other allied tribes.
June 1855: U.S. treaty concluded at Camp Stevens, Washington territory, with the Walla-walla, Cayuse and Umatilla.
June 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
June 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
September 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
September 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
December 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
June 1857: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
February 1859: The remaining eastern portion of the territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western Wyoming) was added to the Washington Territory.
February 1859: The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
Disestablishment
February 1859: The remaining eastern portion of the territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western Wyoming) was added to the Washington Territory.
February 1859: The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 788
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 790.
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 798
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 804
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