History of 19th-Century Oregon
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1805
[[Two men stand at the edge of a cliff. One has a walking staff.]]
Arrival of Lewis & Clark

1825
Early settlers arrive

1841
Oregon trail established

1843
Larger western migration begins

1848
[[A horse is pulling a covered wagon. A gun peeks out the back.]]
Huge wave of 500,000+ settlers arrives from Missouri. Largely children and adolescents, most bring nothing but cartloads of bullets for hunting.

1849
[[Two men with rifles aim at something.]]
Overhunting begins to devastate ecosystem 
Dysentery epidemic

1850
[[Tombstones.  Bodies.]]
Shooting deaths skyrocket
Typhoid epidemic
Measles epidemic
Cholera epidemic

1851
All mammals larger than squirrels wiped out by overhunting.
Massive famine

1852
[[Sun low over a land, devoid of life.  Scattered remains of corpses.]]
Last survivors flee
Oregon territory abandoned
{{Title text: A century later, the harrowing flight of the survivors from Oregon was dramatized in a popular video game.}}