1846.—Bounded on the north by the 49°, on the east by the Rocky Mountains, on the south by the 42°, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.—(Oregon and California,—Thornton, page 251).
1846.—Northern boundary first settled by treaty, July 17.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 282).
1871-2.—Northern boundary finally settled by arbitration.—(Barrows' Oregon, pages 56 and 318).
1874.—Once inhabited by a great number and variety of pre-Adamite beasts.—(The Columbia River and Puget Sound,—Nordhoff, Harper's Magazine for February, page 344).
1818.—Occupied jointly by the United States and England for ten years.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 55).
1859.—Admitted to the Union with present limits, February 14th.—(Zell's Encyclopedia, vol. 2, page 527. Hill's Annotated Laws of Oregon, vol. 1, page 77).
1792.—Orford, Cape.—Named by Vancouver for Earl (George) Orford.—(Vancouver, vol. 2, page 23).
1812-13.—Pacific Fur Company.—The plot to rob Astor shown up by an Englishman.—(History of Oregon,—Twiss, page 24).
1513.—Pacific Ocean.—Discovered by Vasco Nunez de Balboa, governor of the Spanish colony of Darien, and named by Fernando Magalhaens, or, Magellan, a Portuguese in the naval service of Spain, because of being so little disturbed by storms. Spoken of as "Mar del Sur."—(History of Oregon and California,—Greenhow, pages 48 and 78. Barrows' Oregon, page 2).
1835.—Parker, Rev. Samuel.—Sent to Oregon by the American Board of Foreign Missions.—(Oregon and California, vol. 2, page 22).