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1792 American fur trader Robert Gray explores the columbia river gorege.
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1805 Meriwether Leis and William Clark reach Oregon's coast while exploring the West.
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1844 A new law makes slavery illegal. It demands that African Americans leave Oregon country.
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1850 The Oregon donation land law gives free land to settlers.
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1859 Oregon becomes the thirty-third state.
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1877 Chief Joseph flees from U.S. troops with more than 400 Native Americans.
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1883 All of Oregon's Native American tribes have been sent to reservations.
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1912 Oregon is among the first states to give women the right to vote.
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1938 Construction of the Bonneville Dam is completed.This is a major dam on the Columbia River.
