what is the capital of oregon?
Salem
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 Oregon City , the county seat of Clackamas County , sits to the south , almost entirely separated by the Clackamas River 

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 Before the creation of the Oregon Territory in 1848 , the Oregon Country provisional government , through legislation on June 27 , 1844 and December 19 , 1845 , selected Oregon City as the capital . Thus Oregon 's first capitol was in Oregon City . One of the private buildings used by this government was constructed by John L. Morrison in 1850 ; it served as a capitol until the government moved to Salem . The designation of Oregon City as the seat of power was by proclamation of Governor Joseph Lane . In 1850 , the legislature passed an act designating Salem the capital . However , Governor John P. Gaines refused to relocate and remained in Oregon City along with the Oregon Supreme Court ( except justice Orville C. Pratt ) until an act of Congress on May 14 , 1852 settled the matter in Salem 's favor . 

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 Oregon : February 24 , 1959 ( After rejection : October 26 , 1870 ) 

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 Oregon — and therefore the Chetco watershed — was jointly occupied by the United Kingdom and the United States after the Treaty of 1818 was signed . The Oregon Treaty was ratified in 1846 , giving the United States ownership of Oregon . Soon after , the Oregon Territory was established , and Oregon became a U.S. state on February 14 , 1859 . 

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 The largest landowner in eastern Oregon is the U.S. government . The Bureau of Land Management administers over 13 @.@ 6 million acres ( 55 @,@ 000 km2 ) in the bureau 's Burns , Lakeview , Prineville , and Vale districts , most of which are in the state 's high desert country . In addition , Congress has designated specific sections of the Crooked , Deschutes , Donner und Blitzen , Malheur , and Owyhee rivers as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System . 
