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The Oregon Country was the first territory the United States acquired on the Pacific Coast of America. It comprised the region bordering the Pacific Ocean from California on the south to British America on the north, and extending as far east as the summit of the Rocky Mountains — an area equal to all the first thirteen states, Georgia excepted.

From this vast domain were carved the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho with a part of Wyoming and Montana. There are 96,699 square miles in the State of Oregon, which is more territory than the combined area of

New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ver- mont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, with several other states each of which would be the size of Rhode Island.