Oregon Experience: Road to Statehood

Resources

Books

William G. Robbins, Oregon, This Storied Land
Oregon Historical Society Press, 2005
Caroline C. Dobbs, Men of Champoeg
Metropolitan Press, 1932
John Seigenthaler, James K. Polk
Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2003
anice Marschner, Oregon 1859 a Snapshot in Time
Timber Press, 2008

Articles

Oregon History by Stephen Dow Beckham
Oregon Blue Book 2005-2006
Slaves and Free Men: Blacks in the Oregon Country, 1840 -1860
Quintard Taylor, Oregon Historical Quarterly 83:2 (Summer, 1982).

Web sites

Oregon Historical Society
http://www.ohs.org
Friends of Historic Champoeg
http://www.champoeg.org
McLoughlin House
http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/
Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/fova/
Cascade Geographic Society
http://members.tripod.com/cgs-mthood/
Crafting the Oregon Constitution: framework for a new state
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/1857/index.htm
Historic Oregon City
http://www.historicoregoncity.org
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Celebrate Oregon's 150th birthday with stories of statehood.

Timeline Gallery
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View maps and images from Oregon's early history

Steps to Statehood
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Timeline of key events on the road to statehood

Road to Statehood Moments
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Watch videos clips of key Oregon moments

Early Oregon Gallery
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View early images of Oregon towns

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