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Oregon Country

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America: Promised Land: Migrants Travel West on the Oregon Trail | History

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Manifest Destiny and Oregon

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What the Oregon Trail Looks Like Today From Above

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Teen Titans Go! | Oregon Trail | Cartoon Network

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Oregon Country Fair 2016 Official Promo Video -- Extended Version

The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from the Columbia River frequented by ships from all nations engaged in the maritime fur trade, most of these from the 1790s through 1810s being Boston-based. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 ended disputed joint occupancy pursuant to the Treaty of 1818 and established the British-American boundary at the 49th parallel.