West Coast History Timeline

By Nancy Hendrickson Premium

1769—First permanent Spanish settlement, in San Diego 1811—John Jacob Astor establishes a trading post at Astoria, Ore. 1819—Spain withdraws claims to Oregon 1836—Marcus Whitman establishes the first white settlement near present-day Walla Walla, Wash. 1843—Settlers establish first provisional government in Oregon 1846—War between Mexico...

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