facade. 1  Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. 2  a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.
The Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains, encompassing the area including present-day Oregon, Washington, and most of British Columbia. Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States. Shortly thereafter the United States contested a unilateral Russian move to grant its citizens a fishing, whaling, and commercial monopoly from the Bering Straits to the 51st parallel.
A: Oregon didn't become a state until 1859. In 1848 though, it was a region made up of what we know as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and the western part of Montana. It was called the Oregon Country because it was not part of the US yet.ome families got on in smaller towns in Missouri. Other families just left their old homes in Illinois or Missouri and met up with the Oregon Trail later. A families journey ended when they claimed a stop of land somewhere in Oregon Country.