2. Oregon Fever

• Astoria 1811, Brit. Ft. Vancouver with Factor J. McLoughlin 1825
• Hall Jackson Kelley's American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of the Oregon Territory; planned to move 3000 from NE
• Nathaniel Wyeth made 1st overland trip 1832 guided by Sublette
• Jason Lee & Wyeth founded French Prairie on the Willamette 1834
• Marcus Whitman to Walla Walla, "Flatheads" Blackfoot arrow removed from Bridger's back: "meat don't spoil in the Rockies"
• Salem founded 1840 in Willamette Valley, Champoeg
• migration began 1842 with Elijah White's wagon train