Oregon Historical Timeline
Stevens Family& Historical Events of the Time
1795 Elijah (St. Louis Jones b. Missouri 7-31 Leo
1815 Martha Stevens b. Missouri 10-18 Libra
1825 Adam Stone b. Ohio 7/31 Leo
1826 Jedediah Hardman b. Georgia 12/4 Sagittarius
1829 Joshua Hardman b. Georgia 7/17 Cancer
1831 Matthew Kane b. Missouri 2/9 Aquarius
1832 Randall Phillips b. Virginia 1/10 Capricorn
1834 Loraine Stevens b. Missouri 10/31
1835 Han Jei b. China; Bernice McDowell b. Illinois
1840 Arabelle Stevens b. Missouri 4/28 Taurus
1841 Jason Phillips b. Virginia 1/14 Capricorn
1849 gold discovered in California
1850 Homestead Land Act
1851 Amy Stevens and Matt Kane marry
1855 Adam Stone returns to Oregon
Laura Kane b. Oregon
Adam meets Rand Phillips fighting Rogue Indian War
1856 Trail of Tears—Oregon
1857 Elijah Stone b. Oregon
1859 Oregon becomes a state; Rufus Kane b. Oregon
1861 Civil War begins
1862 Jed Hardman goes to war
Gold discovered in Canyon City
1864 Snake War begins
1865 Lee surrenders -- Civil War is over
1867 Belle Stevens (Morgan) returns to Oregon
1868 Snake War ends
1872 Modoc War
1873 Portland destroyed by fire
1877 Nez Perce War
1878 Bannock-Paiute War