#623: Oregon

History of 19th-Century Oregon

[[Timeline, with relevant images next to each date.]]

1805

[[Two men stand at the edge of a cliff. One has a walking staff.]]

Arrival of Lewis & Clark

1825

Early settlers arrive

1841

Oregon trail established

1843

Larger western migration begins

1848

[[A horse is pulling a covered wagon. A gun peeks out the back.]]

Huge wave of 500,000+ settlers arrives from Missouri. Largely children and adolescents, most bring nothing but cartloads of bullets for hunting.

1849

[[Two men with rifles aim at something.]]

Overhunting begins to devastate ecosystem

Dysentery epidemic

1850

[[Tombstones. Bodies.]]

Shooting deaths skyrocket

Typhoid epidemic

Measles epidemic

Cholera epidemic

1851

All mammals larger than squirrels wiped out by overhunting.

Massive famine

1852

[[Sun low over a land, devoid of life. Scattered remains of corpses.]]

Last survivors flee

Oregon territory abandoned