Summary: Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. (Astoria, Clatsop County; 1810s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1008b_how-oregon-almost-became-part-of-canada.html)
