Oregon+Country+British+Claims+Extinguished+1846

Oregon Country was the territory west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Pacific Ocean, or Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana today. England called this territory Columbia. There was a dispute about this territory because no one had claimed it. It was owned by the British, and French up until 1810, and by American settlers in the 1830s. The coastal part of this territory was a popular spot for the Martime Fur Trade. The Martime Fur Trade was ship based network that traded furs. In 1848 the territory of Oregon Country that America owned was formally made a state, which split the rest of the land into Washington Territory. Eventually though Washington Territory was also ceded to America.