The construction of dams, like The Dalles Dam, was central to the power supply of the region
Oregon Timeline History
1543: Spanish explorer Bartolome Ferrello traveled along Oregon and
Washington coastlines

1579: Sir Francis Drake visited Oregon

1765: First use of name "Ouragon" by Maj. Robert Rogers

1778: Capt. Cook began fur trade on coast

1792: Capt. Robert Gray traveled and named Columbia River

1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition explored Snake and Columbia Rivers;
established Fort Clatsop

1811: John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company established Fort Astoria,
first permanent white settlement in Oregon

1818: U.S. and Great Britain agreed to Joint-Occupancy Treaty

1819: Treaty with Spain set southern boundary of Oregon

1827: Second Joint-Occupancy Treaty with Great Britain

1843: First group of 900 emigrants arrived via Oregon Trail

1847: Cayuse Indian War; Whitman massacre

1848: Oregon Territory established

1859: Oregon became 33rd state

1861: Flood in Albany, water 36 feet higher than normal

1869: Union and Central Pacific Railroads connected

1872: Modoc Indian War

1873: Great fire in Portland destroyed most of town

1877: Nez Perce Indian war

1878: Bannock-Paiute Indian war

1885: Chief Joseph's Nez Perce tribes relocated to Colville Reservation

1911: Oregon first U.S. state to hold primary elections

1933: Tillamook Burn destroyed over 240,000 acres of forest

1935: Fire destroyed state capitol building

1936: Fire in Bandon killed eleven and destroyed the town

1937: Bonneville Dam hydroelectric project on Columbia River completed

1939: Tillamook Burn destroyed 190,000 acres of forest; rebuild of state
capitol completed

1942: Japanese submarine shells Fort Steves during World War II; Japanese
airplane firebombed Siskiyou National Forest

1945: Tillamook Burn destroyed 180,000 acres of forest

1947: Plane crash killed Governor Snell, secretary of state, Farrell, and
others

1960: Maurine Neuberger, first woman Oregon senator, elected

1964: Death penalty abolished

1966: Astoria Bridge completed linking Oregon and Washington

1978: Death penalty reinstated

1984: Voters ratified Oregon lottery

1991: Barbara Roberts elected, first woman governor

2002: Record forest fire season burned 1,000,000 acres
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