Oregon and the Westward Push to the Pacific
Daniel Webster and others debated the Pacific boundary while Americans pushed westward for Oregon. The Oregon Trail drew settlers through Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Idaho to the Columbia River and Astoria. Fur trapping waned as cannery and mining booms grew, rivers linked Portland to San Francisco, and Oregon gained territorial government and a path to statehood.
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Daniel Webster
Pacific Ocean
Boston
McDuffie
South Carolina
Thomas H. Benton
Rocky Mountains
Providence
United States
Oregon Country
Lewis and Clark
Hudson’s Bay Company
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Whitman
Spalding
Walla Walla
Lewiston
Spokane
America
Great Northwest
Oregon Trail
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Missouri
Astoria
Columbia
Jackson
Josephine
Great Britain
Oregon City
Salem
California
Portland
San Francisco
Oregon’s Rise From Frontier to Modern Wonderland
A historical survey highlights Oregon’s growth from territory to state, its 1940s industries in farming forestry and mining, and the boom in timber and fishing. It notes 1942 mining values, 1943 population, and major landmarks like Crater Lake and Mt Hood as part of a thriving, developing Oregon country.
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Oregon Territory
Washington
Oregon
Portland
United States
Crater Lake
Mt. Hood
Cascade Range
Oregon Caves
Wallowa Lake
Great Pacific
Oregon Trail
America
Oregon Country
After 1946, Army and Navy Face New Football Realities
Grantland Rice warns that postwar payments and inducements threaten Army and Navy football as winners of 1944 and 1945 lose prestige. The piece notes new threats from grants and cash, eroding sportsmanship and reshaping college football power against Notre Dame, Penn State, and others.
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Army
Navy
Villanova
Oklahoma
Cornell
Michigan
Columbia
Duke
West Virginia
Notre Dame
Pennsylvania
Mighty Columbia as Outlet for Oregon’s Vast Empire
The piece describes the Columbia River system as the main outlet for inland empire products across eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It recounts Capt. Robert Gray’s 1792 naming of the Columbia and Jefferson’s role in Lewis and Clark’s 1803 expedition, noting the river’s significant navigation role for some 400 miles and the Snake for additional shipping channels.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Columbia River
Snake
Portland
Rose City
Robert
Gray
Columbia
United States
South America
Pacific Coast
Pres
George Washington
Oregon Country
Pres. Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Fort
The Mob and Ted Williams A Baseball Reflection
The piece reflects on fan boos for stars like Williams Cobb Ruth and Speaker, noting how Eddie Williams and others endure scorn yet the trio never earns love from a bum. It discusses Williams sliding into a September slump and lingering boos through the World Series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans ‘Wagner
Cobb
Matty
Ruth
Speaker
Eddie
Ted
Joe
Williams
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New York
U.S
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Rae
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Doan
Edward Emerine
Land of the Pioneers
Nevada
Earl Snell
Olex
Multnomah Falls
Heceda Head
Pacific
Grantland Rice
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Eddie Arcaro
Kingdom Come
Stays Raps
Fleischmann
Fagan
Ellie
Warwi
U. 8
Locke Stove Company
11Th St
Kansas City
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