Hall J. Kelley
Hall Jackson Kelley (February 24, 1790 – January 20, 1874) was an American settler and writer known for his strong advocacy for settlement by the United States of the Oregon Country in the 1820s and 1830s. A native of Maine, he was a school teacher and longtime resident of Massachusetts.
In 1834 Kelley led an expedition to Oregon Country. He became ill in the Northwest and was virtually deported by the head of the Hudson's Bay Company district office at Fort Vancouver. He continued to write about the territory to encourage its settlement. In 1868 he published a book about the region, by when the emigrants on the Oregon Trail had already numbered into the tens of thousands.
Read more about Hall J. Kelley: Early Years, Career, Expedition To Oregon, Later Years, Legacy and Honors
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