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Oregon History: Prehistory to Indian Wars
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Bust of John McLoughlin next to the Willamette River on Oregon City. (Oregon State Archives Photo)
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An Inhabited Land
Northwest Coast
Columbia Plateau
Great Basin
Some Came By Sea
Land-based Fur Trade and Exploration
Federal Interests
Souls to Save
Overland to Oregon
The "Oregon Question" and Provisional Government
Cayuse Indian War
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Bust of John McLoughlin next to the Willamette River on Oregon City. (Oregon State Archives Photo)