In 1846, he emigrated overland to the unorganized Oregon Country and settled in Oregon City. Once in Oregon, Curry's experience in the newspaper business landed him a job editing the Oregon Spectator, an early newspaper owned by George Abernethy. Abernethy's views that politics should be kept out of the Spectator led Curry to resign from the paper after only a year and a half.
In 1846, he emigrated overland to the unorganized Oregon Country and settled in Oregon City.  He took a job as editor for the newspaper "Oregon Spectator," owned by George Abernethy. After just over a year and a half, Curry left his position because of Abernethy's policy of keeping politics out of the paper.