Everything about the Oregon Territory totally explained
The
Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized
Oregon Country claimed by both the
United States and
Britain (but normally referred to as the
Oregon Country), as well as to the
organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859.
The Territory of Oregon was organized on
August 14,
1848, by an act of
Congress out of the U.S. portion of the Oregon Country below the
49th parallel north. It originally included all of the present-day states of
Idaho,
Oregon and
Washington, as well as
Montana west of the
Continental Divide, and
Wyoming west of the Continental Divide and north of the
42nd parallel north—the northern border of the
Mexican Cession.
The first territorial capital was in
Oregon City. The capital was later moved to
Salem in 1851.
In 1853, the portion of the territory north of the lower
Columbia River and north of the 46th parallel east of the river was organized into the
Washington Territory.
On
February 14,
1859, the territory entered the Union as the
U.S. state of
Oregon within its current boundaries. The remaining eastern portion of the territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western Wyoming) was added to the Washington Territory.
In 1861 and then 1863, portions to the east were organized into the
Nebraska Territory and
Idaho Territory (respectively.)
Image:Wpdms_oregon_territory_1848.png|Oregon Territory, as originally organized, in 1848
Image:Wpdms_oregon_washington_territories_1853.png|Oregon Territory (blue) with Washington Territory (green) in 1853
Image:Wpdms_oregon_washington_territory_1859.png|State of Oregon (blue) with Washington Territory (green) in 1859
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