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The company was incorperated by English Royal charter
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North West Company opens as a rivial to the Hudson's Bay Company. Outposts are mainly in the new Oregon Terrortory.
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James Hanna arrives at the Northwest Coast to harvest furs. He was the first entrepreneur of the Pacific Northwest.
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Trappers and traders carve out the Oregon Trail which leads to the unexplored Northwest.
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Due to economic troubles and the inability to compete with Hudson's Bay, the North West Company merges with Husdon's Bay Company.
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Hudson's Bay starts the first mill near Fort Vancouver
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Presbyterian missionaries, Elkanah Walker and Cushing Eells establish a mission north of present day Spokane, Wa by the Spokane and Little Spokane River.
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Jesuit Priest Joseph Cataldo starts construction on a new worship building and mission settlement site after relocating from the origional site by St. Joe river close to present day St. Maries, Idaho. It is Idaho's oldest standing building.
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman are killed by Cayuse tribe members. Eleven others are also killed and most of the buildings are destroyed.
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Settelers have a voice in the US Federal Governement, providing protection under the law and troops.
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Gold is found in Oregon.
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Oregon is the 33rd state of the United States.
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Following a driective from the Church of Latterday Saints, a group of 13 settelers establish Idaho's first town.
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Established in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho upon the recommendation of General William T. Sherman.
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Refrigerated rail cars allow northwest beef to be shipped back east for consumers
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Railroad is established in the northwest. This allows goods to be shipped all over the US thus increasing distribution.
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Also known as the Dawes Severalty Act Its purpose was to assimilate Native American tribes into white society.
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The Washington Terratory Supreme Court recinds the right of women to vote.
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University founded by Fr. Joseph Cataldo as a teaching center for the Native Americans of the area.