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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Early 1800s, traders and trappers came into the area from '''Canada, Russia, Latin America and the United States'''. | |||
*1830s and 1840s, other settlements were created in the Willamette River valley. These settlers generally came from '''Midwestern and eastern states, Canada and Russia'''. | |||
*Early 1800s, traders and trappers came into the area from Canada, Russia, Latin America and the United States | *1843, over 900 more Americans arrived, mostly from '''Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa'''. | ||
*1830s and 1840s, other settlements were created in the Willamette River valley. These settlers generally came from Midwestern and eastern states, Canada and Russia. | |||
*1843 | |||
=== Oregon Donation Land Claim Act === | === Oregon Donation Land Claim Act === |
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