History of Oregon

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Formation and geology
• Extinct creatures and fossils
• Early inhabitation
• Retreat of the ice shelves
• Expansion of native cultures
• Early explorations from Europe
• Sickness and disease spreads
• The return of the explorers
• The dawn of fur trading
• The rugged mountain men
• Early pioneers and missionaries
• Fort Vancouver establishes a foothold
• The great falls of the Willamette
• Lewis and Clark set out
• The trail to Oregon
• Expansion into the Willamette Valley
• After the furs
• In comes the railroad
• The establishment of the timber industry
• Stumptown
• Small towns begin to grow
• The early provisional government
• The story of the Whitman's
• Trouble with the neighbors
• The war over there
• Making moves
• The great fires
• In with the modern age
• The Portland Vancouver Metro area
• Establishing an identity
• Struggles of the times
• New hope from hard lessons