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March 15, 1859: Oregon Learns It’s a State

March 15, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

SS Brother JonathanThe steamship Brother Jonathan arrived in Portland, Oregon at about 4am on March 15, 1859 with some big news. Five days earlier it had left San Franscisco with an official missive that had arrived by stagecoach from St. Louis, where the news had been wired a month previously from Washington D.C.

The message?

On February 14 President James Buchanan had signed the bill granting Oregon statehood.

Thirteen hours after the ship’s arrival in Portland, officials in Salem received the official word.

Filed Under: History, Oregon, Portland, This Day in History

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