Oregon
['ɔriɡən;-ɡɔn]
Definition
(noun.) a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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Examples
- There were quite a number of remnants of tribes in the vicinity of Portland in Oregon, and of Fort Vancouver in Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the winter of 1852-3 the territory was divided, all north of the Columbia River being taken from Oregon to make Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was killed by Indians in Oregon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Before the war began the Oregon was stationed on the Pacific Coast, where she had been built, and it was desired that she should join the fleet of Admiral Sampson in Cuban waters. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My regiment spent a few weeks at Benicia barracks, and then was ordered to Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, then in Oregon Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The redwoods grow in the fog belt in the counties bordering the coast from Monterey Bay north to the Oregon line. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cost of the Oregon was $3,180,000. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was afterwards killed in the lava beds of Southern Oregon, while in pursuit of the hostile Modoc Indians. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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