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Maps of California and Oregon, 1846 - 1876

The following maps show parts of Oregon and California shortly after emigrants began traveling to these western territories. How did the regions change? What do you think life might have been like in these places?

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Oregon, 185?

Oregon City, 185?

Oregon, 1876

Indexed Map of Oregon, 1876

San Francisco, 1846

San Francisco, 1846-7

San Francisco, 1860

San Francisco, 1860

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