Oregon is rich with interesting facts | StatesmanJournal.com | Statesman Journal: "In 1848, the territorial government was organized with Joseph Lane as its first governor. However, that position first was offered to a young congressmen from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, who declined the offer because his wife did not want to make the journey west.
The Oregon Territory originally included modern-day Washington, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Montana and Wyoming."
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