In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt used executive proclamations to protect 16 million acres of timberland in the Pacific Northwest just days before Congress stripped him of the power to do…
In 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition held a democratic vote at the mouth of the Columbia River to determine their winter quarters. This event in the United States' early…
In 1844, the provisional government of the Oregon Country passed a series of 'Black Exclusion Laws' that prohibited slavery while simultaneously banning Black settlers from the territory. These laws, which…
