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	John McLoughlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John McLoughlin, baptised Jean-Baptist McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857), the ""Father of Oregon", was a fur trader and early settler in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest.
		McLoughlin was born in [Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec], Quebec, of Scottish and French Canadian descent.
		In 1816 McLoughlin was arrested for the murder of Robert Semple, the governor of the Red River Colony, though it is often claimed he stood in proxy for some Indians who were blamed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_McLoughlin (950 words)

	Governors Of Oregon - Photographs
		John McLoughlin, Canadian-born chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, though he never held the official title of governor of Oregon, is still generally recognized as having been the uncrowned king of the vast unorganized Northwest for more than 20 years.
		John Mcloughlin was born at Riviere du Loup, on the St. Lawrence, October 19, 1784, of Irish-Scotch-French ancestry.
		With the absorption of North West by Hudson's Bay, McLoughlin remained with the expanded organization and was sent west in 1821 to be chief factor of the Columbia district, with headquarters then at Fort George, at the mouth of the Columbia.
	www.osl.state.or.us /home/lib/governors/jm.htm (921 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		McLoughlin decided at an early age to study medicine; he was only 14 when he began an apprenticeship with Dr James Fisher* of Quebec, and was not yet 19 in May 1803 when he was granted a licence to practise in Lower Canada.
		McLoughlin’s authority was to extend to the company, and in view of these new developments he received a formal appointment “to the principal superintendence or management” of the Columbia district and was granted an additional £500 a year, over and above the sum due to him as chief factor.
		McLoughlin was never dispossessed, but it was not until 1862, five years after his death, that the state legislature conveyed the bulk of his properties to his legatees upon payment of a nominal sum.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38206 (5153 words)

	A Place Called Oregon - Dr. John McLoughlin
		John McLoughlins father died when he was a young boy, and until age 16 he was raised in the home of his maternal grandfather.
		John McLoughlin continued his employment and partnership with the North West Company until the merger of 1821, wherein it was absorbed by the "Hudson's Bay Company".
		John Jr., born August 18, 1812, was considered "the problem-child", and passed from one relative to another.
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	The Career of John McLoughlin
		ohn McLoughlin was born in the province of Quebec in 1784 to an upper class family.
		Soon after a merger with the Hudson's Bay Company, McLoughlin was made chief factor of the Columbia District and was stationed at Fort George from 1821 to 1825 and Fort Vancouver from 1825 to 1846.
		McLoughlin's entire period as head of the Hudson's Bay Columbia District was free of Indian disturbances.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /50th/McLoughlin/mcloughlincareer.html (718 words)

	JOHN MCLOUGHLIN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		John McLoughlin, baptised Jean-Baptist McLoughlin, (October_19, 1784 – September_3, 1857), the "Father of Oregon", was a fur_trader and early settler in the Oregon_Country in the Pacific_Northwest.
		McLoughlin was born in Quebec, Quebec, of Scottish and French Canadian descent.
		In 1816 McLoughlin was arrested for the murder of Robert Semple, the governor of the Red_River_Colony, though it is often claimed he stood in proxy for some Indians who were blamed.
	www.beatlesfacts.com /ia:John_McLoughlin (891 words)

	Hudson's Bay Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		McLoughlin knew they were innocent so handed himself over as a representative of the Northwest Company so they could have someone to blame.
		Simpson appointed McLoughlin Chief Factor of the Columbia District in 1824.
		McLoughlin did not want ships because of the unpredictability of ships crews and their harassment and problems with Indians.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/hbc.htm (1582 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John McLoughlin
		McLoughlin's father died while his son was a lad.
		It was continued unt!l in the donation land law a section was inserted which deprived him of his land claim, and gave it to the territory of Oregon for the establishrnent and endowment of a university.
		The effect of this law was that Dr. McLoughlin lost nearly all of the large fortune which he had accumulated.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09504b.htm (720 words)

	de Grummond Children's Literature Collection - About Us
		The McLoughlin Brothers publishing firm was established in 1828 by John McLoughlin, a young Scottish immigrant.
		McLoughlin's premier illustrator was Thomas Nast, well known political cartoonist who in 1870 created the definitive image of Santa Claus, as well as the symbolic Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey.
		McLoughlin Brothers publishers was offered for sale by James and the stock, plates, machinery and good will was purchased by a major competitor, Milton Bradley, of Springfield, Massachusetts who retained the McLoughlin name and much of the personnel.
	www.lib.usm.edu /~degrum/html/aboutus/au-fall97mcloughlin.shtml (1214 words)

	John McLoughlin Biography / Biography of John McLoughlin Biography Biography
		John McLoughlin was born in Quebec of Irish and Scottish parents.
		McLoughlin tried to persuade the Indians not to trade with Americans, but he also tried to prevent Indian murders of whites and entertained all travelers.
		John McLoughlin: The Father of Oregon (1907), which is eulogistic; and Robert C. Johnson, John McLoughlin (1935), a balanced view.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-mcloughlin/index.html (593 words)

	John McLaughlin, Chief Factor of Fort Vancouver
		John McLoughlin was born October 19, 1784, in Quebec.
		It was McLoughlin's policy to demonstrate to the Indians that all white men whether British or American were under his protection.
		John wanted the natives to get religion, and one of the first things he taught them was the cruelty and indignity of slavery.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/24227 (1271 words)

	Oregon Blue Book: Notables- John McLoughlin
		John McLoughlin originally came to the Northwest region in 1824 as a representative of the Hudson's Bay Company.
		Despite the status earned by his years of humanitarian aid to settlers, McLoughlin was forced to forfeit most of his land claim in Oregon City after opponents managed to include a clause to that effect in the Donation Land Act of 1850.
		The 1957 Legislature bestowed upon Dr. John McLoughlin the honorary title of "Father of Oregon" in recognition of his great contributions to the early development of the Oregon Country.
	bluebook.state.or.us /notable/notmcloughlin.htm (284 words)

	A Box List of McLoughlin Bros. Archival Drawings and Proofs
		McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was a New York publishing firm that pioneered the systematic use of color printing technologies in children's books, particularly between 1858 and 1920.
		After John McLoughlin, Jr.'s death in 1905, the McLoughlin firm suffered from the loss of his artistic and commercial leadership.
		In 1920, McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was sold to Milton Bradley, the Brooklyn factory was closed, and the company was moved to Springfield, Mass.
	www.americanantiquarian.org /cl/mbhistory.htm (698 words)

	John McLoughlin - The Father of Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John McLoughlin was born in 1784 at Riviere du Loup, Quebec.
		McLoughlin was named co-factor of Fort George at Astoria, one of 25 Chief Factors in the newly-consolidated HBC.
		McLoughlin continued to live in his house and became a naturalized American citizen in 1851, while he was serving as mayor of Oregon City.
	www.endoftheoregontrail.org /road2oregon/sa05McLghln.html (820 words)

	Oregon Symbols, Father of Oregon - SHG Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John McLoughlin (Dr. John) was born October 19, 1784 in Parish La Riviere du Loup near Quebec.
		In 1792, John's granduncle, Simon Fraser became an apprentice clerk in the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal and in 1801 he became a partner and was selected to oversee the company's activities to the land west of the Rocky Mountains.
		Whereas Dr. John McLoughlin came to the Northwest region in 1824 as a representative of the Hudson's Bay Company, and occupied the position of Chief Factor from 1825, when the regional headquarters of the company was moved from old Fort Astoria to Fort Vancouver, until his retirement in 1845; and
	www.shgresources.com /or/symbols/fatheroforegon (2552 words)

	John McLoughlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John McLoughlin was born in La Riviere du Loup in Quebec Province, Canada, on October 19, 1784.
		In 1824 McLoughlin was appointed head of the Columbia Department, which comprised 600,000 square miles from Spanish California to Russian Alaska.
		Before the provisional government was established, McLoughlin was the chief authority in the vast Northwest.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/mcloughlin.cfm (232 words)

	McLoughlin Memorial Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		McLoughlin was chief factor (superintendent) of the British Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) based at Ft. Vancouver on the Columbia River.
		McLoughlin crossed the Rockies in 1824 and established Ft. Vancouver in 1825.
		When the McLoughlin House faced demolition in 1909, the McLoughlin Memorial Association was formed and money was raised to move the house to a public park atop the bluff.
	www.mcloughlinhouse.org (642 words)

	CVO Website - Mount McLoughlin, Oregon
		McLoughlin is easily recognized from as far away as Medicine Lake in California, along I-5 between Yreka, California, and Medford, Oregon, or around the rim of Crater Lake.
		John McLoughlin was one of the most influential figures of the fur trade and settlement periods of Pacific Northwest history.
		John McLoughlin has been honored in many ways for the role he played in Oregon's early history.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/McLoughlin/description_mcloughlin.html (1428 words)

	John McLoughlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in the parish of Riviere du Loup, Quebec, the son of an Irishman and a mother of Scot-French Canadian origin, he was educated as a physician, serving as such at various North West Fur Company posts.
		McLoughlin often was called upon to deal with American trappers, missionaries, adventurers of one sort or another, or the distressed, and he did so competently, charitably, intelligently, and strongly.
		McLoughlin retired from the company to become an American citizen at Oregon City at the falls of the Willamette, building a fine home, today a National Historic site.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/biography/mcloughlin.htm (313 words)

	The John LT Band: Band
		John began playing piano across the street from his Long Island home at the age of 6.
		In the John LT Band, Gary's primarily a guitarist with influences including Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Edge from U2, and Steve Lukather of Toto.
		Dave became friends with Gary and Len and was introduced to the John LT Band early in 2003.
	www.johnlt.com /band.html (953 words)

	AllRefer.com - John McLoughlin (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		John McLoughlin[muglokh´lin, –glOf´lin] Pronunciation Key, 1784–1857, Canadian-American fur trader in Oregon, b.
		A physician and then a trader, he was (1824–46) chief agent and administrator of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Columbia River country, when it was hotly disputed by British and Americans.
		McLoughlin used his power to monopolize and expand trade and to maintain peace with Native Americans.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/McLouJ.html (240 words)

	Mcloughlin House National Historic Site (National Park Service)
		McLoughlin loaned money to emigrants to help them establish commercial ventures and he owned sawmills, a gristmill, a granary, a general store, and a shipping concern.
		McLoughlin's home, saved from demolition by the McLoughlin Memorial Association and moved to its present location in 1909, was added to the National Park System in 2003 as a unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
		The house is restored to honor the life and accomplishments of John McLoughlin, the "Father of Oregon." The graves of McLoughlin and his wife Marguerite are next to the house, as is the home of Dr. Forbes Barclay, a Hudson's Bay Company associate, and his wife Maria.
	www.nps.gov /mcho (293 words)

	Oregon History ProjectOHP Oregon Biographies John McLoughlin
		McLoughlin rose through the ranks of the NWC and later the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC).
		When later criticized for helping the immigrants, McLoughlin reasoned that his actions were humanitarian obligations and would provide HBC with a large customer base.
		Although he became an American citizen, McLoughlin was treated as a foreigner, and most of his substantial holdings were eventually expropriated by the U.S government.
	ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-John-McLoughlin.cfm (316 words)

	John McLoughlin Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Ft Vancouver on the Oregon-Trail
		McLoughlin was head of British Ft. Vancouver and his orders were to discourage the American emigrants--but he did just the opposite.
		McLoughlin offered the weary travelers food and medicine, and he even organized rescue parties for emigrants in trouble along the way.
		Convinced the fort should be self-sufficient, McLoughlin had his men plant over 2000 acres of vegetables, oats and wheat.
	www.isu.edu /~trinmich/Ftvancouver.html (455 words)

	John McLoughlin, Father of Oregon
		John McLoughlin (Dr. John) was born October 19, 1784 in Quebec.
		James Douglas came to the U.S. at 16 in 1819 and was John's protege.
		John and Margaret were first buried at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/mcl.htm (2435 words)

	Oregon History ProjectOHP Oregon Biographies John McLoughlin
		John McLoughlin was born in 1784 in Quebec, Canada to a poor Catholic father and upper class protestant mother.
		With the opening of the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and the influx of Americans, McLoughlin assisted the hungry and exhausted settlers with provisions.
		But the settler influx firmly established the U.S. claim to the Oregon country, and in 1846 the U.S. and Britain agreed to extend their northern border at the 49th parallel to the Pacific.
	www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-John-McLoughlin.cfm (316 words)

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