Political aspirants believed Oregon was going to be a bastion of liberal politics. The fur trade was in full bloom at the time and money was flowing freely.
The land was abundant in timber, flatland for cities, gold and silver, fruit, the ocean for fish, and ect.
settlers went to Oregon country for land to farm and to trade fur.
Missionaries
Missionaries
Manifest destiny caused Oregon country to become a hot political issue.
Many Settlers moving to Oregon country and other western areas followed the 2,000 mile long Oregon Trail, which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country
groups of settlers who were following the manifest destiny.
mountain men and missionaries
Willamette River Valley.
Willamette River Valley.
The first people to live in oregon were an unknown tribe of indeans but we may found out what tribe lived there one day.
when where the first Oregon settlers founded
Settlers began their journey to Oregon in the mid-1830s. The first large-scale migration of settlers, known as the Oregon Trail, took place in 1843 when around 1,000 people made the journey from the Midwest to Oregon.