Census Bureau Black History Month Feature for Monday, February 9.WASHINGTON -- Profile America for the ninth day of Black History Month. One of the pioneers who moved West in 1844 was an African-American named George Washington Bush George Washington Bush (1779-1863) was one of the first American settlers and the first black settler in what would later become the State of Washington. In 1844, Bush and his family (along with Michael Simmons and others) left Missouri, heading west on the Oregon Trail, but . His hope was to escape the discrimination of Missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. , but when he arrived in the Oregon
territory The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain (but normally referred to as the Oregon Country), as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. , he found things were the same. So he moved north across the
Columbia River Columbia RiverRiver, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km). into the British-controlled area in search of good land -- into what is now the state of Washington. The success of his settlement drew other Americans and some historians say their presence was a factor that strengthened the successful U.S. claim to the area. In 1850, the area that is now Washington state had a population of 1,000. Now, the state is home to nearly 6.5 million people about 215,000 of them African-American. This special edition of Profile America for Black History Month is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census . [TABLE OMITTED] Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button). |
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