Historical Timeline of Oregon
- 1543
Spanish explorer Bartolome Ferrello travels along the Oregon and Washington coastlines
- 1775
Bruno Heceta discovers the Columbia River
- 1778
Englishman Captain James Cook explores the coastal areas
- 1778
U.S. Captain Robert Gray is the first man to traverse and survey the Columbia River
- 1805
Lewis and Clark expedition arrives at the Pacific Coast after a journey down the Snake and Columbia Rivers
- 1811
John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company establishes Fort Astoria, the first permanent white settlement in the state
- 1834
The Hudson Bay Company takes control of Fort Astoria
- 1846
Thousands of settlers begin to arrive from the east, along the rigorous Oregon Trail
- 1848
Oregon Territory is established
- 1859
Oregon becomes the 33rd state
- 1877
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce people are forced out of their traditional Oregon home
- 1883
The Transcontinental Railroad helps connect Portland to the east
- 1911
Oregon becomes the first U.S. state to hold primary elections
- 1937
The Bonneville Dam hydroelectric project on the Columbia River is completed
- 1942
A solitary Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens during World War II
- 1961
Oregon elects Maurine Neuberger as its first woman senator
- 1966
Oregon and Washington are linked by the completion of the Astoria Bridge
- 1991
Barbara Roberts becomes Oregon's first woman governor
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