Treaty of 1818
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The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, i
Portrait of Frederick Robinson by Thomas Lawrence
Albert Gallatin (1848 photograph)
Oregon Country
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Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, whi
Treaty of 1818
…Kingdom. This treaty resolved long-standing boundary issues between the two signatories. The treaty allowed for joint occupation and settlement of the Oregon Country, known to the British and in Canadian history as the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company, and including the southern portion of its sister…
Fort Vancouver in 1845
The Oregon trail started in St. Louis, Missouri.
Mural on the walls of the Oregon Capitol Building depicting the provisional government seal