From Wikipedia:
The Oregon missionaries were collectively the religious-minded pioneers who settled in the Oregon Country of North America starting in the 1830s with the intent of converting local Native Americans to Christianity.
The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s. The Native population eventually shared the same marginalized fate as the rest of the Indian tribes.
The Whitmans built their mission near the Columbia River and began to work with Cayuse Indians, setting up a mission school and a clinic. Soon, other missionaries and settlers joined them.
The Whitmans sent really good reports back to the 13 colonies, stirring up great interest and bringing lots of settlers and other missionaries West. To Oregon!!!
The 1st Americans to settle permanently in Oregon Country were missionaries. Among them were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. The couple married in 1836 and set out for Oregon, where they planned to convert local Native Americans to Christianity.
The promise of fertile land was what persuaded many Americans to settle in Oregon country. They traveled in covered wagon to arrive in Oregon.
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No, the Oregon Trail was used by people moving to settle in Oregon later in the Nineteenth Century. It didn't exist yet when Lewis and Clark surveyed the land the United States gained in the Louisiana Purchase. In fact, the Oregon Territory was not even a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Whitmans sent really good reports back to the 13 colonies, stirring up great interest and bringing lots of settlers and other missionaries West. To Oregon!!!
Missionaries managed to attract other people to settle in Oregon due to the booming gold rush that was going on in the 1800s. This attracted people from all over the country to head out west in hopes of striking it rich out in Oregon.
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Trappers and missionaries.
AnswerAmong the first settles of the Oregon country were missionaries who wanted to bring Christianity to Native Americans.I got this answer from my history textbook so I am pretty positive its correct.
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Whalers and Missionaries.
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Fur traders and trappers from the American Fur Company.
JESUS LOL well that is true.
The missionaries that helped to settle the area