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McLoughlin the White Headed Eagle and Oregon’s Father
The article recounts Dr John McLoughlin known as the White Headed Eagle and Father of Oregon. It traces his rise from Hudsons Bay Company factor to ruler of Fort Vancouver and his later persecution by American settlers. The piece notes his naturalization papers, retirement, illness, death in 1857, and mixed memorials across Oregon Washington and Astoria.
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United States
Oregon City
Ore—Naturaliza
John McLoughlin
Oregon
County Recorder
Doctor McLoughlin
Hudson Bay Fur Company
West
Pacific Coast
California
Alasia
Foressi
Great Balt Lake
Utah
Sir Wiliam Johnson
Great Britain
Pacific Northwest
Hfe
Edward Everett Hale
Bach
McLoughlin
Richard G. Montgomery
Fortland
Ore
Macmillan Company
New York
Mr. Montgomery
Vin
Riviere du Loup
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Ind
Alexander Fraser
North West Company
John
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Alexander
Worth West Company
Fort William
Lake Superior
Hudson’s Bay Company
North Westers
Young McLoughlin
London
North West
Hedson's Bay
Ife
Fort Francis
Lake of the Woods
George Om
H. B
Simpson
Rocky Mountains
Astoria
Fort Vancouver
New World
Jerediah Smith
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Hall J. Kelly
Jason Lee
Marcus Whitman
Captain Bonneville
Vancouver
Aemilius Simpson
Montgomery
Trobert Bruce
Beotc
Aemilius
Robert Bruce
Northwest
Tte
Congress
Columbia
Hudson Bay Company
University Fund of
Robert Gray
Lewis and Clark
John Jacob Astor
Wishram
Wash
John McLagehblin
Hudson Bay Co
Washington
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