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John McLoughlin the White Headed Eagle and his Oregon legacy
A historical profile recounts Dr John McLoughlin Father of Oregon known as the White Headed Eagle. It covers his naturalization papers found in Oregon City 1851, his empire building with Hudsons Bay and North West companies, his role as protector of settlers, and his tragic death in 1847 amid American settler tensions. The piece reviews Montgomerys biography The White Headed Eagle and notes memorials and the actors who shaped his fate.
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United States
Oregon City
Orne
John McLoughlin
Oregon
Doctor McLoughlin
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Hudson Bay Bar Company
West
Pacific Coast
California
Alaska
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Sir Wiilliam Johnson
Iroquoia
Great Britain
Pacific Northwest
Edward Everett Hale
Besihe
Richard G. Montgomery
Portland
Ore
Macmillan Company
New York
McLoughlin
Mr. Montgomery
Wviere du Loup
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Fraser
Simon Fraser
John
Montreal
Alexander Fraser
North West Company
Hadson’s Bay Company
Canada
Alexander
Fort Eee
Lake Superior
Hudson's Bay Companys
North Westers
Young McLoughlin
London
North West
Heane
Port Gavntis
Lake of the Woods
George Simpson
IL 1. C
Alexander Kennedy
Columbia River
Kennedy
Astoria
Fort Vancouver
New World
Jedediah Smith
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Hall J. Kelly
Jason Lee
Marcus Whitman
Captain Bonneville
Vancouver
Aemilius Simpson
Shiupson
Montgomery
Simpson
John Wags
Robert Bruce
Orefen
Northwest
Tudson's Bay Company
Nis
Cowntagh
Onde Boon Bay
Leveotgs
Hudson Bay Company
Congress
Flndson
University Fund of
Pacific North- West
Regen
Robert Gray
Lewis and Clark
John Jacob Astor
Wishram
Wash
John McLaighlin
Ste
Western Newspaver Union