Fort William (Oregon)

In 1835, the fort settlement was the site of a murder and the first European American trial to be held in what is now the state of Oregon.

He also held Fort Hall in southeastern Idaho, to take advantage of trade in the Rocky Mountain region.

By the time Wyeth established his outpost, the island was void of any human habitation due to epidemics of infectious diseases that had swept through the lower Columbia region.

[2] Wyeth and his employees also attempted to trap animals in the Deschutes River watershed of central Oregon.

[1] John Ball, one of Wyeth's men, wrote that they were no match for the HBC, which up fur trade prices as much as ten to one whenever any American trader appeared on the lower Columbia River.

[6] In 1835, the post's gunsmith, Thomas J. Hubbard, attacked and killed the fort's tailor in an argument over a young Native girl.