Oregon or Bust:

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Oregon or Bust
Traveling the Oregon Trail
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Joint Ownership

• Britain claims
• 16th century Drake exploration
• 18th century Cook/Vancouver explorations
• Fur trading activities of the Hudson Bay Co

• US claims
• 1792 discovery of Colombian R.
• 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark exploration
• Fur trading activities by American Fur Co
• 5000 Americans settled by 1845

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Thanks, Polk

• 1844 Campaign 5440 or fight!
• Won the election, decided to peacefully split the
  territory with Great Britain
• 1846 split along the 49th parallel

• 49th Parallel

• James K. Polk

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Map
Oregon City, Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Independence, Missouri
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Oregon Trail Starts

• Originally mapped out by trailblazers, pioneers,
  and fur trappers
• 2,200 miles long
• Horses first, then oxen and wagons as populations
  grew
• Jumping off points-stations you dropped your
  belongings off at
• Longest overland trail via land

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