| | | Robert Gray was an American merchant sea-captain and explorer. He captained the first American ship to circumnavigate the world, in 1790, and also... | | Ewing Young (1799 - February 91841) was an American trapper from Tennessee who traveled the western United States before settling in Oregon... | | David Hill, was a pioneer and settler of what became Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He served in the Provisional Government of Oregon in both... | | Joseph Gale (1807- December 131881) was an American pioneer, trapper, entrepreneur, and politician who contributed to the early settlement of the... | | John Day (abt. 1770-February 16, 1820) was an American hunter and fur trapper in the old Oregon Country, which term generally designated the area... | | Marcus Whitman (September 4,1802-November 29,1847) was an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. He is famous for leading the... | | Dr. John McLoughlin, baptised Jean-Baptist McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 - September 3, 1857), was the Chief Factor of the Columbia Fur District of... | | George Abernethy (October 7, 1807 - March 2, 1877) was an Oregon pioneer, notable entrepreneur, and first governor of Oregon under the provisional... | | Ezra Meeker (December 29, 1830-December 3, 1928) was an early pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox cart as a young man. Beginning in his 70s... | | Jason Lee (June 28, 1803 - March 12, 1845) an American missionary and pioneer, was born on a farm near Stanstead, Quebec. He was the first of the... | |