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Pacific North West
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Political/Govenment
"Permission Granted" Jefferson gets permission to research with a secret message to congress for $2,500. to finance. -
Political/Government
"Destination ocean view" Lewis & Clark reach Oregon Coast -
Economics
"exploitation" John Jacob Astor 1808 organized the American for Company to exploit fur trading animals on a grand scale. -
Art/Architecture
"let's build a fort" Astorians fan out from Columbia R. to explore/exploit. They build fort Okanogan (the first American structure in the future state of Washington) Fort Spokane (Next door to the North West Company's Spokane House) and posts. -
Political/Government
"shake on it" Great Britian and United States agreed to jointly occupy the Oregon Country. -
Art/Architecture
"Cheap Labor" H.H. Hunt built a sawmill 20 miles upriver from Astoria where he could have 5 Hawiians work for $5/month -
Religion
"Onward Ho" Whitman's head west. Traveling with Spaldings, Gray and 3 Nez Perces. They arrive September 1836 and were greeted by Chief factor John Mcloughlin. -
Science/Tech
"the first bicycle" Whitman's/Spalding's two-wheel cart made it as far west as Fort Boise, a few years later heavy wagons were used. -
Environment
"Cleanup on aisle Oregon" From the 40's to 60's the Oregon trail has been called the world's largest graveyard with on body on average buried every 8 yards. -
Economics
"Money for the trip" 1840-60's the chief expense of getting to Oregon was for transportation almost $400. (Oxen, Wagon, and Gear). -
Science/Tech
"All Aboard" Under guidance of Dr. Elijah White the party was the first to form a typical wagon train n which families pre-dominated. That year marked the beinning of the covered wagon migration. -
Environment
"Mapping the future" John C. Freemont gets commisioned to take a group to explore and map the Oregon Trail. His cartographer Charles Preuss completed a detailed map of the Oregon Trail. -
Science/Tech
"Monopolizing the alternative" Oregon Argonauts use San barlows toll road, a welcome but crude, difficult and expensive alternative to the river. -
Environment
"Science at it's best" Before the pilot Bar Captains had to navigate the Columbia River by calculatin wind, water, tide and shifting sands. Storms were fierce on Cape Horn. -
Religion
"Whitman's Death" Tilankaikt distracts Marcus while Tomahas Tomahawks him with a blow to the head killing him. They also killed Nacissa and 11 other and destroyed the missions building. -
Economics
"Gold seekers" The Oregon trail became a way to get to California for Gold seekers. At fort Hall the route changed for them. -
Art/Architecture
"All in the head" Painting of Indians attacking a caravan describes the fears at the time of going west. In actuality it seldom happened. -
Religion
"Blaming the Catholics" Eliza Spalding dies and Henry Spalding carves on her headstone "She always felt that the Jesuit Missionaries were the leading cause of the massacre."