| Chronology
of His Life and Career |
| 1784 |
Born in Rivière du Loup, St.
Lawrence (now Quebec), Canada. |
| 1798 |
Began a medical apprenticeship. |
| 1803 |
Attached himself to the North
West Company as resident physician at Fort
William, on Lake Superior. |
| 1812 |
Married Marguerite Waden McKay. |
| 1821 |
Put in charge of Hudson's
Bay Company's Fort William. |
| 1824 |
Became Chief Factor of the
Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia District, with
headquarters at Fort George, at the mouth of the
Columbia River. |
| 1825 |
Headquarters moved to Fort
Vancouver. |
| 1827 |
Oversaw the building of the
first lumber mill in the Pacific Northwest. |
| 1829 |
The Hudson's Bay Company took a
land claim at "The Falls" and
encouraged former trappers to settle in nearby
French Prairie. |
| 1834 |
Welcomed and aided Jason Lee. |
| 1836 |
Welcomed Marcus
and Narcissa Whitman to Fort Vancouver. |
| 1842 |
Surveyed and laid out the town
of Oregon City (replacing the former name of
Willamette Falls). |
| 1842-1845 |
Protected, aided and supplied
the first four American migrations into Oregon
Country. |
| 1844 |
Oregon City incorporated by the
Provisional Government. |
| 1846 |
Resigned from the Hudson's Bay
Company and took up residence at Oregon City. |
| 1849 |
With Robert Moore, made
application to the county court to establish a
ferry across the Willamette River between Oregon
and Linn counties. |
| 1850 |
Stripped of his land claim near
Willamette Falls by a clause inserted into the
Oregon Donation Land Law. |
| 1851 |
Became an American citizen. |
| 1851 |
Elected Mayor of Oregon City. |
| 1857 |
Died. |
| 1941 |
McLoughlin's home designated
a National Historic Site. |
| 1953 |
A statue of McLoughlin was
unveiled in the National Statuary Hall in
Washington, D.C. |
| 1957 |
McLoughlin given the title
"Father of Oregon" by the Oregon
Legislative Assembly. |
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