Oregon missionaries

In 1834, New York Methodist minister, Jason Lee, came to Oregon to attempt to convert American Indians to Christianity. Jason lee was the first of these Oregon missionaries. The party was called the Wyeth-Lee Party as Lee had contracted with Nathaniel Wyeth, who was going on his second trading expedition, to accompany him. This party set out on April 28, 1834 with the fur caravan of Captain William Sublette, which included naturalists J.K. Townsend and Thomas Nuttall.

In 1836, four Presbyterian ministers missionaries, including Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, the first white women to cross the Rocky mountains, and her husb joined Lee.of these missionaries came to Oregon.