The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected settler government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of the western portion of the continent of North America.
Original districts of the government with the eventual U.S. borders and states superimposed
George Abernethy, Governor from 1845 to 1849
Morton M. McCarver, Speaker in 1844 and 1845
James W. Nesmith, Supreme Judge in 1844 and 1845
Oregon City, Oregon
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Oregon City is a city in and the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 cens
Provisional Government of Oregon
…the only governor under the Provisional Government. He was reelected in 1847, and served until 1849. The Provisional Legislature held session mainly in Oregon City. They met at different times each year, and in 1848 they did not meet; too many members had left for the California gold fields. The legislature enacted…
The McLoughlin House, est. 1845
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River by John Mix Stanley, c. 1850s (Amon Carter Museum of American Art)
Willamette Falls and a paper mill at Oregon City, on the Willamette River
Municipal Elevator in Oregon City