Miyo Iwakoshi
Miyo Iwakoshi was one of the first Japanese settlers in Oregon. She travelled to the state in 1880. She became known as the "Western Empress" among Japanese settlers due to her willingness to help History of Japanese Americans, Japanese Immigrants travel and reside in Oregon. Early life Evidence is limited on Miyo's youth but she appears to have come from a financially stable household within Northern Japan. She adopted Tama Jewel Nitobe, at the age of 5, prior to her departure from Japan. Tama's biological parents are noted as "unknown" on her birth certificate. Whilst in Japan in 1879, Iwakoshi, age 27, met an Scottish Australians, Australian-Scottish professor who went by the name Captain Andrew McKinnon, age 53. During this period, the Meiji Restoration, Meiji Restoration of 1868 involved the Japanese government industrializing its agriculture, incentivizing foreigners, like Mr. McKinnon, to travel there and implement new techniques and expertise on their farming industry. A ...
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Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42nd parallel north, 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. Oregon has been home to many Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous nations for thousands of years. The first European traders, explorers, and settlers began exploring what is now Oregon's Pacific coast in the early-mid 16th century. As early as 1564, the Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest, Spanish began sending vessels northeast from the Philippines, riding the Kuroshio Current in a sweeping circular route across the northern part of the Pacific. In 1592, Juan de Fuca undertook detailed mapping and studies of ocean currents in the Pacific Northwest, including the Oregon coast as well as ...
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