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In 2001, archaeologist Scott Byram and David G. Lewis published an article in the Oregon Historical Quarterly arguing that the name Oregon came from a Western Cree pronunciation of the Chinook Jargon word oolighan (see eulachon), referring to grease made from fish, a highly prized food source for Native Americans of the region. Allegedly, the ...
The main character of the independent game, Mimpi is a little dog who sets up to find his owner. Mira Silent Hill 2: PC · PlayStation 2 · Xbox: Reveal to be the mastermind behind the events of the game in a joke ending. Missile: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective: Nintendo DS
After the rise of microcomputers in the 1970s, the MECC released several versions of the game over the next decade for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, and Commodore 64 computers, before redesigning it as a graphical commercial game for the Apple II under the same name in 1985. The game is the first entry in The Oregon Trail series; games ...
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — "The Oregon Trail," one of the most successful computer games of all time and a staple for children of the '80s and '90s, is currently being developed into a movie project.
Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by Lewis A. McArthur.
John McLoughlin, baptized Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857) was a French-Canadian, later American, Chief Factor and Superintendent of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver from 1824 to 1845.
His first wife was Chinookan and they had a son named David and daughter named Julie. [2] Upon her death he married Yi-a-must (later Marguerite), a daughter of Clatsop chief Coboway, [12] and they had four children. [2] She died of diphtheria in 1840 and Joseph married a third time, to Marie Angelique. [2] A Chinook, she bore one child, Rosalie ...
Washington then left Oregon and settled near the confluence of the Chehalis and Skookumchuck Rivers, and the Cochrans claimed the land for the family.When the Washington Territory was split from the Oregon Territory in 1853, the new territory's statutes did not preclude African-Americans from owning land, and the Cochrans sold their land to him for $6,000.