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FreightWaves Classics: Steamboat helped open the Oregon Territory

24 October 2022

The Queen of the West is a modern replica of the steamboats that once plied the Columbia and Snake rivers. (Photo: John Harrison/Northwest Power and Conservation Council)

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The Oregon Territory was originally claimed by several nations. The area was divided between the United Kingdom and the United States in 1846. When established, the Oregon Territory included the current states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming and Montana.

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FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Columbia Rediviva was first U.S. ship to sail around the world

9 August 2022

A copper plate etching of the Columbia Rediviva in 1792, by Joe Knowles, 1930. (Image: digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu)

On August 9, 1790, the Columbia Rediviva (Latin for “revived”) became the first ship to carry the U.S. flag around the world. A privately owned ship, and generally known simply as Columbia, it left Boston on September 30, 1787, under the command of John Kendrick. During the first part of...

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FreightWaves Classics: Cascade Locks and Canal helped navigation and commerce on Columbia River

5 November 2021

A steamboat using the Cascade Canal. (Photo: oregonencyclopedia.org)

Background

The Bonneville Landslide was a massive ground movement that occurred around 1200 AD. It was so big that it briefly blocked the Columbia River. The river’s water volume pushed through the blockage, but the uneroded portions of the landslide created a four-mile stretch of rapids in the river that are known as the Cascades of the Columbia.

The Oregon Territory was established in 1848. It encompassed all of the current states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as parts of Wyoming...

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