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Period: to
Time rang were Pacific Nortwest Exploration was going on.
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columbia river found
Captian Robert Gray discovered the columbia river with John Kendrick on a fur trading expodition. -
Corps of Discovery
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the corps of discovery began thier expodition to the land of the unknown. -
Destination reached
Lewis and Clark reached their destination what is now Washington St. -
Charles Wilks
In 1840 Charles Wilkes went on the interdisciplinary expedition. (1838–1842) -
Oregon
''Oregon'' --the Pacific Northwes becomes a U.S. territory. -
War
War between the U.S. and the Yakima indians contiue. -
Walla Walla
1858: The first Northwest railroad, the Cascade Railroad Company, begins operation in the Columbia River Gorge. The Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad became the second Northwest railroad in 1873, and a large number of local railroads subsequently spring up in the 1880s. -
Free state
Oregon joins the Unioin as a free stae