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Thomas J. Farnham
Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1804–1848) was an explorer and author of the American West in the first half of the 19th century. His travels included interaction with missionary Jason Lee, and he later led a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. While in Oregon Country he wrote a petition to federal authorities that requested federal protection of the region from the United States government, which was signed by many of the local settlers who had come from the United States.
==Early life==
In 1804 Thomas Farnham was born in New England, in either Vermont or what would become the state of Maine.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989). ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 83.〕 He would then receive an education at Phillips Academy, Andover and moved to Peoria, Illinois, where he became a lawyer.〔 Farnham was married in 1836 to Eliza Woodson Burhams, and they would have three children.〔 In 1839 he heard a lecture by Jason Lee on Oregon where Lee had set up a mission to preach to the Native Americans in the Willamette Valley.〔 At the time Lee was recruiting more people for the mission.〔(Jason Lee. ) End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Retrieved on March 2, 2008.〕 After this lecture Farnham joined the Peoria Party that was headed for Oregon, and became the captain of the group of 19.〔
The Peoria men called themselves the Oregon Dragoons and carried with them a flag, a gift from Mrs. Farnham, emblazoned with their motto "OREGON or the GRAVE".
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