Oregon State History

The history of Oregon may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans (primarily fur traders), settlement by pioneers, and modern development. The term "Oregon" may refer to any of three phases: Oregon Country, a large region explored by Americans, British, and others (and generally known to Canadians as the Columbia District); the Oregon Territory, established by the United States two years after its sovereignty over the region was established by the Oregon Treaty, and before states were established in the Pacific Northwest; and the modern U.S. state of Oregon. (Oregon was also an early name for the Columbia River.)

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54-40 or Fight!
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Battle of Seattle
by Douglas Bond
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Chief Joseph Country
by Bill Gulick
from Caxton Press
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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces
by Shannon Garst, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline
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Columbia River
Rivers of America for Young People
by Stewart H. Holbrook
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Columbia, The
Rivers of America
by Stewart H. Holbrook
from Rinehart & Company, Inc.
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Country Boy
by Homer Davenport
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$18.00 (1 in stock)
Eagle and the Fort
by Dorothy Morrison
from Oregon Historical Society Press
Biography for 5th-8th grade
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Eagle and the Fort
by Dorothy Morrison
from Atheneum
Biography for 5th-8th grade
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Early Oregon Days
by Edwin D. Culp
1St Edition from Caxton Press
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East of the Cascades
by Phil F. Brogan
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Empire Builders
by Robert Ormond Case
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Enchantment of America: Oregon
by Allan Carpenter & Phil Carpenter
from Children's Press
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Fishermen
by Daniel Jacobson, illustrated by Richard Cuffari
from Franklin Watts
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Indian Portraits of the Pacific Northwest
by George M. Cochran
3rd edition from Binford & Mort Publishing
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Indians of Western Oregon
by Stephen Dow Beckham, illustrated by Christina Romano
from Arago Books
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Kid on the River
by Dean Nichols
1st edition from Binford & Mort Publishing
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Lights in the Northwest
by Richard M. Hannula
from Sound Summit Books
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Lights in the Northwest - Teacher's Supplement CD-ROM
by Richard M. Hannula
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
by James Daugherty
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Marcus Whitman: The Great Command
by Nard Jones
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Narcissa and Marcus Whitman
Heroes of God
by Anne West Williams
from Association Press
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Narcissa Whitman
by Jeanette Eaton, woodcuts by Woodi Ishmael
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On to Oregon!
by Honore Morrow
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Oregon & Applegate Trail Diary of Welborn Beeson in 1853
by Bert Webber
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Oregon History - Student Workbook
by Georgia Sligar
Revised Edition from Oregon History Book
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Oregon the Way It Was
by Edwin D. Culp
from Caxton Press
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Oregon Trail
by Leonard Everett Fisher
from Holiday House
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Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton
from Garden City Books
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Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
from Little, Brown & Company
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Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by James Daugherty
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Oregon Trail Diary of Rev. Edward Evans Parrish in 1844
by Rev. Edward Evans Parrish
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Oregon's Iron Dream
by Mary Goodall
from Binford & Mort Publishing
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Our Northwest Heritage
by Richard M. Hannula
2nd edition from Sound Summit Books
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$36.95
Our Northwest Heritage - Teacher's Supplement CD-ROM
by Richard M. Hannula
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Over the Applegate Trail to Oregon in 1846
by Anne Billeter, Bert Webber
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Overland Migrations
by David Lavender
from National Park Service Division of Publication
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Path to the Pacific
by Neta Lohnes Frazier
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Pathways of America: The Oregon Trail
by Lynda Hatch
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Portland Bridge Book
by Sharon Wood
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Raids and Retaliations
by Gwendolyn Harmon
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Ranch under the Rimrock
by Dorothy Lawson McCall
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St. Paul, Oregon
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Stories of Young Pioneers
by Violet T. Kimball
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$14.00
Story of Oregon
by Oscar Lewis, illustrated by John N. Barron
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$20.00 (1 in stock)
Stout-Hearted Seven
Sterling Point
by Neta Lohnes Frazier
from Sterling Publishing Co.
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That Balance so Rare
by Terence O'Donnell
from Oregon Historical Society Press
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Tidewater Valley
Land of the Free Series
by Jo Evalin Lundy, illustrated by Margaret Ayer
1st edition from John C. Winston
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Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail
by Cheryl Harness
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War Chief Joseph
by Helen Addison Howard & Dan L. McGrath
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We Remember
by Mildred Searcey
from East Oregonian Publishing
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We Were There on the Oregon Trail
by William O. Steele
from American Home-School Publishing
Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade
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We Were There on the Oregon Trail
We Were There #1
by William O. Steele, illustrated by Jo Polseno
from Grosset & Dunlap
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Westward on the Oregon Trail
by Marian T. Place
from American Heritage Publishing Co.
for 6th-10th grade
in American Heritage Junior Library (Location: VIN-HIS)
Whitman Massacre of 1847
by Catherine, Elizabeth, and Matilda Sager
from Ye Galleon Press
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Whitman Massacre of 1847
by Catherine, Elizabeth, and Matilda Sager
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Willamette Landings
by Howard McKinley Corning
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Year of the Black Pony
by Walt Morey
from Bethlehem Books
Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade
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Year of the Black Pony
by Walt Morey
from Blue Heron Publishing
Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade
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