Designa-se por Peoria Party um grupo de homens que partiu de Peoria, no estado de Illinois, Estados Unidos, em 1 de maio de 1839 com o intuito de colonizar o Oregon Country para os Estados Unidos e expulsar as empresas inglesas de comércio de peles que aí se tinham instalado. Os homens da Peoria Party encontram-se entre os primeiros pioneiros da América a seguir para oeste pelo Oregon Trail.
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Bibliografia
Corning, Howard M., editor. Dictionary of Oregon History. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1956. Dobbs, Caroline C. Men of Champoeg. 1932. Reprint Cottage Grove, Oregon: Emerald Valley Craftsmen, 1975. Evans, Elwood. History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, 2 volumes. Portland, Oregon: North Pacific History Company, 1889. Farnham, Thomas J. Travels in the Great Western Prairies. New York: Greely & McElrath, 1843. Copyright 1977 by Rodney R. McCallum, Monroe, Oregon. Fletcher, Randol B. "Oregon or the Grave" Columbia Magazine, Washington Historical Society, Tacoma, WA. Winter 2006. Holman, Joseph. “Short Biography of Joseph Holman”. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, volume 4, pages 392-394, 1903. Mockford, Stuart B., editor. “Jason Lee’s Peoria Speech.” Oregon Historical Quarterly, volume 59, pages 19–26, 1958. Scott, Harvey W. History of the Oregon Country (The account of Amos Cook), 6 volumes compiled by Leslie M. Scott. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press, 1924. Scott, Jessie. “Discord Among the Pioneers”. Oregon Journal, page 36. Portland, Oregon: June 18, 1939. Shortess, Robert. “First Emigrants to Oregon”. Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association, pages 92–107. Portland, Oregon: George H. Himes & Company, 1897. Shortess’s narrative is the best first person account of the Peoria Party – RBF. Smith, Sidney. Diary of Sidney Smith, 1839. Unpublished manuscript in the Oregon Collection of the University of Oregon library.
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