The Road to Statehood | How Oregon became a state | Oregon Experience

On February 14, 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union.
“Oregon Experience: Road To Statehood” commemorates Oregon's foundational story by exploring the lives of Indigenous peoples already living here, the mountain men and fur trappers who came for adventure and wealth, and the pioneers who brought their hopes and prejudices with them over the Oregon Trail.
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[@rideoregonfirst]

"I'm an Oregonian" I'm very proud to say that I am too.

[@trumpwon20204]

Was born in PDX. live across the bridge now where sanity still resides. Portland has a soros funded DA letting crackpots back on the st. And liberals just rolling in their filth

[@stephenullman4534]

I'm an Oregonian as well. But I got stuck over on the east coast in Rhode Island. I really miss my home state. I actually ache for it. This New England area is not what I am made for. Way too many people in such a small area. Horrible.

[@carey_metv]

Not anything to be proud of anymore. Considering the governor orders tampons and pads in the boys restrooms at public school. Oregon is a despicable state!

[@alicebenson8512]

@@stephenullman4534 I felt your pain. I lived close to Seattle for a few years. And I tell ya, not a day went by where I didn't think of home. I'm glad me and my family have moved back to Portland. It feels good to be home.

[@andrewtoddmedia]

Awesome channel, just subscribed! Let me know if you ever need a drone pilot or a 360 action cam out there with you. Wouldn't mind teaming up to add more action videos to my channel and for my social audiences.

[@bookbeing]

I have a bunch of old pictures and personal journals featuring oregon when the railways were being built. They are from My great grandmother was one of the first woman switch line/telegraph operators for the railway 🚂. I love these personal accounts and pieces of history.

[@carpo719]

that is awesome, you should consider scanning them and posting them online so they are eternally documented!

[@bookbeing]

@@carpo719 I will. I know I need to and soon as I'm no spring chicken. 🐔🐣🐥

[@juditrotter5176]

Bless you! What a treasure!

[@juditrotter5176]

@@bookbeing I bet there are College students or State or NGOs like One of the Museums would fall all over themselves to save this for your family and the world!

[@bookbeing]

@@juditrotter5176 thank you for your suggestion.. I will try to follow up and send copies to them.

[@andrewtoddmedia]

I was recently out in Wasco County and found a cemetery with gravestones from the mid-1800s. Many of them witnessed Oregon becoming the 33rd state in the Union. Most of them had between 8-12 kids. The entire thing just felt surreal, but also I felt a deep connection to these people living in the era of this video. Awesome video as well, thanks for the share!

[@alexkulka8578]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks Oregonians from London, UK!

[@singvogel7895]

You are welcome, just do not read the comments if you value your sanity!

[@mattiemathis9549]

2:45 If we can do that with our country, we really can make a better future. We have so many lessons we have learned, let’s just learn. 💕

[@MrJeep75]

I love my state

[@danielcraft3727]

Was pretty lucky covered much of the Oregon Trail from Oregon City to Nebraska mostly from working on the track with Union Pacific. Could only imagine what it was like for instance the Celilo Falls and rapids that gave the name to The Dalles, my home base. So lucky and blessed were the original peoples. Fishing and hunting as a way of life compared to working all the time to get a couple of days off to fish and hunt and back to work for the rest of the year.

[@dawnfrear27]

Hometown I love the historical stuff of my hometown and I really enjoyed this and thank you for sharing everything that you know about the history of Roseburg Oregon

[@larryboone5865]

Amaaaazing!!!!???

[@kathleenpowers5548]

My ancestors came over I don’t have a Lotta photographs but I got a lot of documentation and I am proud of my history good and bad they also suffered it was a time of growth in the whole United States and we’re doing it again and again and bad as well

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Heraldry is an underappreciated medium. The Great Seal of the State of Oregon is the sole example of the American Eagle facing left (sinister) toward the arrows. Our motto: "The Union" and the date :'1859' . . . a picture speaks a thousand words.

[@singvogel7895]

The war-facing of the eagle, you mean. Never noticed that, thanks.

[@marianfrances4959]

Awesome!👍😎🇨🇦

[@BrianLyons315]

I love this documentary. I wish Oversimplified would give his full take on the history of the Oregon Country.

[@ganjjabarsmedium2347]

the estimated population of the Native Americans was around 300,000 according to this documentary. And by the 1830's, they had been reduced to around 15,000. This cuts my soul deeply, even with my love for my home state. The pain of that wound will take generations to heal from. Yet so many don't even acknowledge how bad the wound is.

[@carpo719]

John McGloughlin looks like a kind of guy I would NOT want to cross!!

[@user-ho2pf5mj5g]

And ⭕ what a state we're in...Sweet dreams of 🦉?

[@bettynewhard3766]

My third great grandfather is Joseph Lafayette Meek. ❤

[@junekdial]

My great great great grandfather was part of the Champoe - The Clatsop are tribe. My father great great great grandfather was Joseph Gervais and he married the princess of the Clatsop tribe and she was baptized Marguerite

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

The history of our two families crossed paths that day.

[@Cat-ik1wo]

Interesting.

[@CleanCT-]

Cool

[@rzrman5380]

Great video thank you OPB .

[@ks8579]

Tell me about the JM Sliker house 1890 in Eagle Creek 97022. Located on a portion of the Barlow road on the Clackamas River. I’ve made it back to Brown in the records.

[@bettynewhard]

Jim Bridger, Joseph Meek left both their daughters at the Whitman’s they were sick when the massacre happened they pas*** days after. My grandfather was angry over his Half indigenous daughter and Ms. Whitman since he took a fancy to her. 3 great grandfather Joseph Lafayette Meek.

[@EPA3]

Next we should settle Mexico

[@BrianLyons315]

18:46 And they don't stop coming, hopped in the wagon and they hit the ground running.

[@Rockstar97321]

Oregon became a state on Saint Valentines Day in 1859. Salem is the capital of Oregon. Salem is short for Jerusalem.

[@danielcraft3727]

Jeru Salem possession (city) of peace a translation. Salem peaceful,tranquil semitic hebrew Arabic word. Also a Salem in India from Arab Muslim influence. Find interesting others may not.

[@Rockstar97321]

@@danielcraft3727 Scio is southeast of Salem. Scio is Zion. That's in Judea. Lebanon is southeast of Salem. In the Middle East, Lebanon is Heliopolis. Sodom Ditch is west of Brownsville. Sodom was a city of sin in the Old Testament. The House of Saxe Coburg und Gatha is the House of Windsor. Coburg is north of Eugene. Halsey is Hell. Eugene is the Emerald City in the Emerald Empire. Wizard Island is in Crater Lake. Merlin is west of Crater Lake. Sherwood is southwest of Portland. The Enchanted Forest is south of Salem. Albany is the city of Snow White. That's where Swan Lake is next to I-5. The Sherwood Forest is south of Albany in Oakville.

[@danielcraft3727]

@@Rockstar97321 migrations of cultures and names tells quite a story. Always interesting to me. Monmouth Rebellion, pitchfork rebellion England. Battle of Monmouth New Jersey revolution war part of my family history. Lost in England won in America. Win some lose some. Meanings of names and words can learn a lot.

[@Rockstar97321]

@@danielcraft3727 Indeed. Names mean things. A lot of the towns in the Willamette Valley are mirrored in Pennsylvania. Mennonite farmers are here and Amish farmers are there, and they are all the same Bavarian family. The Fairy Tales are German and that's why there are so many Fairy Tales names here.

[@randywagner6961]

Elias Wagner. Wagner estate. Wagner mt. Wagner mt road. Fucking wagners.

[@Luciopiacenza333]

(OREJON) big ears!!! you're welcome!

[@jeffpetrie7744]

Regarding McLoughlin: When a pioneer is described as "fair," it means that the person was an asshole to everyone, not just a few.

[@MrTwenty20video]

Good 👍

[@Mindfreeingme]

Well known question for you to blame the past for your present condition in your life

[@randywagner6961]

My great great gandpa elias wagner was salem. Funny how families die off.

[@enriquerosales3497]

Can I move there with my wife? She was born and raise in Salem. I'm from El Salvador!

[@enriquerosales3497]

@@homesteaddelee907 Great!!

[@singvogel7895]

Come on down, Enrique!

[@enriquerosales3497]

@@singvogel7895 Im ready!!!

[@renotwin]

Nothing about Astoria? Weird I thought it and Fort Clatsop , (Lewis and Clark's winter camp next to present day Astoria) were the reason / claim , the US used to get yhe area. Founded in 1811, 33 years before Oregon City was founded. But Otegon city was the first incorporated city west of the Rockies? Well that would make Adyoria the first city west of the Rockies, not not incorporated. I guess neing incorporated deletes the older city , and first city in Oregon, Astoria? Weird how Otegon City hets mentioned over and over, and not a single mention of Astoria. History of Oregon, or of the Willamette valley and the Portland area. I think the historians that wrote this must of forgot about the first city in Oregon, the city that was used to lay claim to the Us, including Lewis and Clark's expedition.

[@donaldpayne3854]

Your history left out the real first government on the Bear Flag government of the country of California in 1946 before it was a state.

[@kayperkayful]

People have went thousands if miles for FREE stuff. Willing to risk life for FREE stuff. The easy way out! And NOW…people are called lazy when they want THEIR free stuff. Nothing has changed in almost 200 hundred years.

[@JuliaClark]

You just totally skipped over the native history. Then rudely used the term Oregon Fever to describe the lies fed to travelers. 😮

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

The bias of OPB .... Oregon Public BIas is on full display vie the speakers they selected. Do your own homework.

[@singvogel7895]

"Do your own homework." The cri de coeur of the uninformed fanatic.

[@mikewhite9818]

OPB has always been a Democrat right arm. They are biased and always has been.

[@reddeaddude2187]

I'm surprised by how many fools there are in the comments, blindly criticizing American history because it's the cool thing to do right now.

[@hansolo5762]

I think you're the fool for thinking that America is immune to criticism. Oregon, like many other states completely fucked over native Americans and saw no reprecussions. The least we can do is acknowledge the millions of lives lost, displaced, and taken advantage of and learn from that. Not only that, but heavily limiting blacks and other minorities while wanting the land for white Europeans. It's not "the cool thing to do" it's just basic empathy 101 and if you don't have that I don't know what to tell you.

[@mikelubin148]

You stole land. What are you talking about racist.

[@reddeaddude2187]

@@mikelubin148 Which tribes do you think the land originally belonged to? I guarantee that none of the tribes the land was "stolen" from, were the original inhabitants. As far as being a racist goes, you're not worth the effort it would take to explain why your comment is laughably stupid. Goodbye ignorant internet person.

[@jimhere1]

Lol you're the blind one.

[@benusmaximus3601]

It’s not cool at all, it just shows how pathetic and immature some people can be…

[@reeltoxic]

hello fellow canadians i am straight how about u

[@vichernandezii]

Damn, colonization is strong with this one.

[@reddeaddude2187]

What of it

[@bettynewhard]

Define somewhat unpleasant at worst? Please. Denying the five for the second trial is My unpleasant at worst. Does it get worse than that? ❤

[@arlitabeard7693]

And there still not a lot of blacks in Oregon I when to school in Portland in the 50s and when to school with blacks

[@hethm.8159]

For thousands of years it worked out. The people of the land managed it extremely well. But it all went down hill when these guys showed up from Europe.

[@khadijagwen]

The evil that was done to the Native Americans, the river, and so much more ...

[@grandavelwizbeybey5401]

Oregon hunted stay away from the mountains. They walk threw 🧱 😉

[@OGRocker1]

How do you manage to leave out all of southern Oregon's contributions to the States history ? Not one word of Jacksonville , the Gold rush, Rouge Indian Wars, Ft. Lane, Mt. Mc Loughlin, the Applegate trail etc. nothing south of the Willamette valley as usual.... Then you flat landers wonder why we in southern Oregon wish to seperate from you. We pay taxes and your salary too.

[@lauracarothers2276]

Nothing says I don't want to live here than watching this video. I don't want to visit Oregon after watching. Why visit? I've never known hate. I might as well stay away. I might as well enjoy the real America. A place where I can be friends with my fellow citizen. Certainly not in Oregon. The warning is clear.

[@woowee4342]

What the hell are you on about lmao, America IS hate. All of it, and the south is most definitely worse than Oregon. You nasty moldy fuck.

[@MrDavidminor]

Then don't come to Oregon. Do us a favor

[@generic234username]

Wow, this is so dated and problematic. The wording itself is heavily skewed towards settler colonialism. I’m ashamed. I hope someday this document is held up as a teaching tool to illustrate how white supremacy used to be indoctrinated into the minds of those without critical thinking skills. I sincerely hope that in the years since this video was originally produced you have managed to do better. Rethink some of the language used here. This was not free “public lands”, there were diverse communities who were exterminated when they became inconvenient. No wonder they resisted. It’s nice you tried to show some diversity and absolutely no offense to the talking heads, nor to the re-enactors but the voice over narration gets things so very wrong. We weren’t “immigrants”, we are occupiers. We have to accept that as fact and start telling our kids the truth, so we can move on as a people and establish a more just and equitable future. Or do you go into your neighbors yard and just take their stuff because you wanted it and they didn’t appear to be using it??? I mean… “treaties”…? Uhhh surejan. Again, nothing against public broadcasting, you guys are great, maybe this video is 20 years old, those hairstyles made it hard to tell. Okay, good talk. Love you Oregon 😘😘😘 #bffs4life #oregonismagic #ilysm

[@subgum3403]

Well if it makes you feel better the peoples who were here took it from other native groups.

[@reddeaddude2187]

Your revisionist history reeks of "progressivism." The stereotype of the "Peaceful Native" is very harmful, few tribes were truly peace-loving. Before you label me a racist without putting any thought into the accusation, my great grandmother was Cherokee and Choctaw. America was absolutely an ideal worth fighting for, a Union of different cultures striving towards liberty and justice. Until you extremists wiped your ass with the flag and have done your best to strip our freedoms away. You are guilty of living on "stolen land" unless you give it to an Indian your points are invalid.

[@EPA3]

You must be high. You’re the one with no critical thinking skills. We weren’t occupiers. We were people looking for something better. The same way the illegal immigrants you probably stand up for are looking for a better life and are slowly erasing our culture. Should we call them occupiers? You’re a clown. I pray to God you don’t reproduce, and if you do, I hope your children realize what a fool you are.

[@LadyOaksNZ]

Agree. Exterminate the original dwellers and steal their homelands. ..???

[@stevenmiller6725]

I guess the south/central americans coming over the southern border are occupiers as well by your definition.... they do plan on taking your stuff, rights , tax money, etc. But then again so were the native Americans already here. You think they were here when Yellowstone was erupting and the Columbia River basalt flows were going into the ocean? Maybe during the Missoula floods? So our ancestors committed the horrible crime of surviving and now here we are. Probably deserve some respect instead of scorn.

[@MrRadioGypsy]

Inaccurate - at best.

[@Backyardmech1]

How so?

[@GlacierSound]

Why???

[@NewAgeRenegXde]

Gotta come back bru, you playing w our emotions

[@carpo719]

what an excellent critique, and well explained! Great job debunking Oregon, my friend :D

[@joshtibbetts6321]

What an "anti-pioneer" report. Progress!

[@EPA3]

They ought to do a documentary on how brutal the Indians were!

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Their bias would not be progress in my mind.

[@reddeaddude2187]

Stupidity is most certainly not progress. This is revisionist history at best and moron propaganda at worst.

[@jotsingh8917]

Amazing documentary that it took the Anglo-American white colonizers only 150 years to trash and destroy one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

[@carpo719]

But now we are moving forward, right? Why are we so stuck in the past?

[@baptizednblood6813]

@@carpo719 cause we haven’t really moved forward. Natives are still stuck on reservations in poverty. Google a little bit about the treaties we broke and how the casinos and government assistance barely goes to individual tribe members at all and works to serve the government and business. And that’s just on the native issue

[@EPA3]

Pound sand up your ass, Jot. You racist piece of shit. Let’s talk about how much your people have fucked up. It’ll be a loooong conversation. Dumb fuck.

[@reddeaddude2187]

You are some really ignorant people to make generalized statements like that. Amazing that it only took 30 minutes to convince some idiots that the "peaceloving natives" were massacred by the big bad Europeans.

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Sounds a lot like Ukraine and Russia. And look who we support. We’re such hypocrites.

[@yoyoma27payer]

What a communist program

[@hansolo5762]

Congratulations for adding nothing of value to the discussion.

[@reddeaddude2187]

You didn't "add" anything yourself.

[@JuliaClark]

Good Lord, Oregon's history is so far worse than Mississippi's history 😳

[@singvogel7895]

Ask Cheney, Schwerner, and Goodman about that. Oh, and Emmett Till while you're looking for bodies.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

"I am an Oregonian". Dr. Sir Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLoughlin

[@andretokayuk8100]

Oh, yeah?! Now explain how Whoregone became a tax slave colony.. asking for an enslaved Ukrainian friend of mine...

[@reddeaddude2187]

Ask the liberals, they're the ones in charge

[@singvogel7895]

You sound like you possess an incredibly ignorant and stupid ideology, do tell us more.

[@singvogel7895]

@@reddeaddude2187 Which is why things are as good as they are. Just look at the red states. Welfare-suckers to the last.

[@jessegallego8251]

Oregon is the best.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

But we need a good Reoublican governor with leadership like Tom McCall had. Too much damage from Demoncrats over the years. Oregon was a maverick Republican state naturally.

[@reddeaddude2187]

This propaganda documentary just proves how right you are

[@MrJeep75]

To bad all the liptards are fucking it up

[@dadduorp]

@@cosmo1eleven855 No, thanks. They’d deed it to Russia.

[@arlitabeard7693]

And there still not a lot of blacks in Oregon I when to school in Portland in the 50s and when to school with blacks

[@reddeaddude2187]

Ever thought maybe most don't want to live here? No one is stopping them from coming. Modern day Portland is enough to scare any sane individual away.