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Entering California over the Applegate and Lassen trails, a party of Oregonians led by Peter H. Burnett arrived here in the autumn of 1848 to establish the town of Oregon City. Little more than a year later, Burnett became California's first civil governor. For a time, Oregon City prospered as a gold mining and supply center before declining into virtual oblivion.
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