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The passage of the law was largely due to the efforts of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress. [5] The act, which became law on 27 September 1850, granted 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of designated areas free of charge to every unmarried white male citizen eighteen or older and 640 acres (2.6 km 2) to every married couple arriving in the Oregon Territory before 1 December ...
Over the course of nearly six years under the provisional government, the settlers passed numerous laws. One law allowed people to claim 640 acres (2.6 km 2) if they improved the land, which would be solidified later by Congress' adoption of the Donation Land Claim Act. [12]
The act guaranteed land for White settlers and "half-breed" Indian men to the Oregon territory. [16] This act followed the passing of the 1848 territorial organic act which allowed any white settler to claim a maximum of six hundred and forty acres. [17] The Land Donation Act, however, also acknowledged women's property rights due to Congress ...
The act legitimized existing land claims in the Oregon Territory and granted 640 acres (2.6 km²) to each married couple who would settle and cultivate the land for four years. The act is considered a forerunner of the 1862 Homestead Act. In 1850 he wrote an address to Congress urging the prohibition of free African-Americans from the Oregon ...
From December 2, 1850 to February 8, 1851, the second session of the legislature gathered in Oregon City. [7] W. W. Buck served as the President of the Council, Ralph Wilcox as the Speaker of the House. [7] The 1850-51 session was not a harmonious one, being divided over the controversial matter of location of the Oregon state capital. [8]
From 1850 to 1851 Moore was the owner of the Oregon Spectator newspaper based out of Oregon City. [6] Also in 1850, Moore became the postmaster for the community. [10] He also advocated for the property rights of Dr. John McLoughlin, whose land holdings in Oregon City were denied in the Donation Land Act of 1850. [1]
At his Oregon City store, he sold food and farming tools to settlers. In 1847, McLoughlin was given the Knighthood of St. Gregory, bestowed on him by Pope Gregory XVI. He became a U.S. citizen in 1849. McLoughlin's opponents succeeded in inserting a clause forfeiting his land claim in the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 by Samuel R. Thurston ...
The Dalles initially served as a way station on the Oregon Trail as it approached the Willamette Valley. The construction of the Barlow Road over the Cascade Range in 1845, and the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 encouraged families to settle in the area. Over the following years, Wasco County was a major transportation hub for both river and ...