it's good farmland along the Pacific coast which attracted farmers.
* it's fertile soil
* it's mild temperatures all yr round
* it's plentiful rainfall
* forests further inland and in the Rocky Mountains attracted fur trappers.
* beavers and other fur-bearing animals roamed these forests and the Rocky Mountains to the east.
Oregon's fertile soil, abundant rainfall, lumber-supply and the pelts of animals native to the region attracted the first European settlers.
They moved because some settlers wanted to teach Native Americans Christianity. Some others came because of fertile land.
Missionaries
Missionaries
Trappers and missionaries.
They moved there because they wanted to
settlers went to Oregon country for land to farm and to trade fur.
the land is what attracted them the most the rich soil the good farm land and religious freedom
They were attracted to Oregon country b/c of: * it's good farmland along the Pacific coast which attracted farmers. * it's fertile soil * it's mild temperatures all yr round * it's plentiful rainfall * forests further inland and in the Rocky Mountains attracted fur trappers. * beavers and other fur-bearing animals roamed these forests and the Rocky Mountains to the east. They were attracted to Oregon country b/c of: * it's good farmland along the Pacific coast which attracted farmers. * it's fertile soil * it's mild temperatures all yr round * it's plentiful rainfall * forests further inland and in the Rocky Mountains attracted fur trappers. * beavers and other fur-bearing animals roamed these forests and the Rocky Mountains to the east.
Many Settlers moving to Oregon country and other western areas followed the 2,000 mile long Oregon Trail, which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country
groups of settlers who were following the manifest destiny.
Fur trappers, maybe?
mountain men and missionaries
Oregon was first settled by fur trappers in the early 1800's. These fur trappers built a trading post named Astoria witch later became a city.