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The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, [1] until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Organic Act in 1848 An enlargeable map of the United States after Oregon Statehood in 1859 An ...
Looming large in pale yellow is the vast Oregon Territory — until only recently jointly administered by the U.S. and Great Britain and stretching up to the 54º 40' parallel of North latitude. For this area, the map largely followed the printed map of Oregon from the report of Charles Wilkes's expedition.
The two countries eventually reached a peaceful agreement in the 1846 Oregon Treaty that divided the territory west of the Continental Divide along the 49th parallel to Georgia Strait, with Vancouver Island remaining under British control. Today, this border divides British Columbia from neighboring Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
An enlargeable map of the 36 counties of the state of Oregon. ... Oregon Treaty of 1846; Unorganized territory of the United States, 1846–1848
Oregon Territory (1848-1853/1859), established by the United States Congress and approved by the President, two years after its sovereignty over the southern portion of the region was established by the Oregon Treaty of June 1846, splitting the earlier Oregon Country with the northern portion going to Great Britain / future Canada.
Appointed Governor of the Oregon Territory by President Polk, Joseph Lane arrived at Oregon City on March 2, 1849. [ 12 ] Governor Lane kept the legal code of the dissolved provisional government, apart from immediately repealing the law authorizing the minting of the Beaver Coins , as this was incompatible with the United States Constitution ...
With the signing of the Oregon Treaty in 1846 the U.S.-British boundary was fixed on the 49th parallel. This effectively destroyed the geographical logic of the HBC's Columbia Department, since the lower Columbia River was the core and lifeline of the system. The U.S. soon organized its portion as the Oregon Territory.