Oregon
State of Oregon
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Oregon ( ORR -ih-ghən , -gon ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States . Oregon is a part of the Western United States , with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington , while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho . The 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada . The western boundary is formed by the Pacific Ocean .
Oregon has been home to many 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 to mid-16th century. As early as 1564, the 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 the strait now bearing his name. The Lewis and Clark Expedition traversed Oregon in the early 1800s, and the first permanent European settlements in Oregon were established by fur trappers and traders. In 1843, an autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country , and the Oregon Territory was created in 1848. Oregon became the 33rd state of the U.S. on February 14, 1859.
Today, with 4.2 million people over 98,000 square miles (250,000 km2 ), Oregon is the ninth largest and 27th most populous U.S. state. The capital, Salem , is the third-most populous city in Oregon, with 175,535 residents. Portland , with 652,503, ranks as the 26th among U.S. cities. The Portland metropolitan area , which includes neighboring counties in Washington, is the 25th largest metro area in the nation, with a population of 2,512,859. Oregon is also one of the most geographically diverse states in the U.S., marked by volcanoes, abundant bodies of water, dense evergreen and mixed forests, as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands . At 11,249 feet (3,429 m), Mount Hood is the state's highest point. Oregon's only national park, Crater Lake National Park , comprises the caldera surrounding Crater Lake , the deepest lake in the United States. The state is also home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae , a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres (8.9 km2 ) of the Malheur National Forest . (Full article... )
Thomas H. Tongue (June 23, 1844 – January 11, 1903) was an
American politician and attorney in the state of
Oregon . Born in
England , his family immigrated to
Washington County, Oregon , in 1859. Tongue attended the
Tualatin Academy preparatory school in
Forest Grove and graduated from
Pacific University in 1868. A trained lawyer, he served in the
State Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was the seventh mayor of
Hillsboro , the county seat, serving two terms as mayor. A
Republican , he was chairman of the
state party , and national convention delegate in 1892. Tongue served as U.S. Congressman from 1897 to 1903 representing
Oregon's 1st congressional district . While in Congress he worked to create
Crater Lake National Park in
Southern Oregon , succeeding in 1902. He died in office during his third term in the
United States House of Representatives after winning election to a fourth term. His grandson,
Thomas H. Tongue III , served on the
Oregon Supreme Court . Both are buried at the
Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery .
May 1, 1839, the Peoria Party sets out on the Oregon Trail for the Oregon Country .
May 2, 1843, meetings at Champoeg create Provisional Government of Oregon .
May 9, 1850, member of the First Executive Committee and namesake of Hillsboro , David Hill dies.
May 11, 1792, Capt. Gray enters the Columbia River , becoming the first Euro-American to accomplish this feat.
May 18, 2007, tire king Les Schwab , founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers , dies at the age of 89 in Prineville .
May 21, 1998, Kip Kinkel goes on a shooting spree at Thurston High School in Springfield .
May 22, 1902, Crater Lake National Park is established as Oregon's only National Park .
May 30, 1978, sportswear company Blue Ribbon Sports officially changes its name to Nike .
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... that the Jensen Arctic Museum (pictured) in Monmouth, Oregon , is the only museum on the West Coast other than in Alaska that focuses solely on Arctic culture?
... that Harry V. Gates ' former ranch became the Crooked River Ranch in Eastern Oregon , and his former house in Hillsboro, Oregon , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ?
... that Lookingglass, Oregon , became nationally famous in the 1970s when a parking meter for horses was installed in front of the general store ?
... that the Portland , a restored 1947 sternwheeler based in Portland, Oregon , was the last steam-powered tugboat built in the United States?
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The vast material resources of Oregon furnish a solid and enduring basis for the spirit of enterprise that animates our people, and for that wonderful superstructure of vigorous and thrifty statehood which we are rearing here on this western shore of the continent.
Pillars of Rome
Pillars of Rome , a unique feature in the southeast corner of
Oregon .
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Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team
Alcoholic beverages in Oregon
Pokey Allen
Allow Me (Portland, Oregon)
Marisa Anderson
Rebecca Anderson
Angkor I
Animal House
Cole Anthony
Debby Applegate
Ashland, Oregon
Astoria Riverfront Trolley
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Axial Seamount
Mount Bachelor
Florence Merriam Bailey
Mount Bailey (Oregon)
Bailey's Taproom
Lola Baldwin
Barlow Road
Beaverton Transit Center
Belknap Crater
Bell Tower (University of Portland)
Temple Beth Israel (Eugene, Oregon)
Bipartisan Cafe
Bit House Saloon
Black Butte (Oregon)
Black Crater
LeGarrette Blount
Blue Lake Crater
Bluehour
Blueplate Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain
Reuben P. Boise
Boxer Ramen
Bridgeoporus
Bridges Cafe
Cameron Brink
Brix Tavern
Broken Top
Burns, Oregon
Robert Lee Burns
Burnside Burn
Byways Cafe
Cannabis in Oregon
Canterbury Castle (Portland, Oregon)
Bolivia Carmichaels
Celilo Falls
William W. Chapman
Mei-Ann Chen
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Chiming Fountain
Cline Buttes
Clinton Street Theater
Thomas R. Cornelius
Country Bill's
Crater Lake
Cricket Cafe
Ryan Crouser
Davis Street Tavern
Days Gone
Matthew Deady
Frank Dekum
Delta Cafe
Diamond Peak (Oregon)
Dime Store (Portland, Oregon)
Director Park
The Dougy Center
The Dream (sculpture)
Ecclesia Athletic Association
Huw Edwards (conductor)
Jack Ely
Douglas Engelbart
Esparza's
Flawless Shade
Fountain for Company H
Dan Fouts
Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain
Harriet Frank Jr.
Frequent Express
Fuller's Coffee Shop
Jacques Gershkovitch
Gladstone, Oregon
Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center
Neil Goldschmidt
Gray-tailed vole
Matt Groening
Gypsy Restaurant and Velvet Lounge
Hall/Nimbus station
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Hart Lake (Oregon)
Hatfield Government Center station
Mark Hatfield
David Hattner
Hayrick Butte
High Desert (Oregon)
Hillsboro Central/Southeast 3rd Avenue Transit Center
Hillsboro Civic Center
Fern Hobbs
Hobo's
Hogg Rock
Holocene (Portland, Oregon)
Holy Trinity Barbecue
Mount Hood
Hoodoo Butte
Horse rings in Portland, Oregon
Hotel Rose
Clarence Chesterfield Howerton
Robert Deniston Hume
Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom
Interstate 405 (Oregon)
Mount Jefferson (Oregon)
Joe Brown's Carmel Corn
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King
KPXG-TV
KVDO-TV
Kalapuya brunnea
KATU (TV)
Keller Fountain Park
Carson Kelly
Kiger mustang
Klamath River
Kvinneakt
La Bonita
La Carreta Mexican Restaurant
Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon)
Life Is Strange 2
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
Life Is Strange (video game)
The Liquor Store
Little Applegate River
Asa Lovejoy
Lovejoy Columns
Lutz Tavern
MAX Blue Line
MAX Green Line
MAX Light Rail
Mall/Southwest 4th Avenue and Mall/Southwest 5th Avenue stations
Manzanita tornado
March for Our Lives Portland
March for Science Portland
Maritime fur trade
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Marsh shrew
Mary's Club
Masia (restaurant)
Mount McLoughlin
Charles L. McNary
MLS Cup 2018
Moda Center
Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)
Morchella populiphila
Morchella tridentina
Alex Morgan
My Father's Place (Portland, Oregon)
My Life in Orange
NS Line
New Albion
Stella Nickell
No Vacancy Lounge
North Bank Depot Buildings
Nostrana (restaurant)
Not My Presidents Day
NuScale Power
OR-7
Olallie Butte
Orchestral Works by Tomas Svoboda
USS Oregon (BB-3)
CSS Oregon
Oregon Civic Justice Center
Oregon Ducks track and field
Oregon Iron Company
Oregon Route 120
Oregon State Hospital
Oregon Supreme Court
2021 Oregon Tech strike
Oregon Theatre
The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)
The Oregon Trail (1985 video game)
Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands
Oregon wine
Orenco station (TriMet)
The Original Dinerant
Overlook Park station
PDX671
Packy mural
Joel Palmer
Papi Chulo's
Paranoid Park (film)
The Parish
Jiggs Parrott
Ralph Patt
Norma Paulus
Sandra Peabody
Pearl Tavern
People's Bike Library of Portland
Petersen Rock Garden
Tom Peterson
Pied Cow Coffeehouse
Pioneer Square South and Pioneer Square North stations
Sybil Plumlee
Pod (sculpture)
Poison Waters
Portland Aerial Tram
Portland Airport station
Portland Center Stage
Portland City Hall (Oregon)
Portland Monthly
Portland Trail Blazers
2017 Portland train attack
Powell Butte
Katherine Ann Power
Provisional Government of Oregon
Provisional Legislature of Oregon
The Queen's Head (Portland, Oregon)
The Quest (Portland, Oregon)
1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot
Megan Rapinoe
Rebirth (sculpture)
Red Cap Garage
The Register-Guard
Republic Cafe and Ming Lounge
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
Rocky Butte
Roman Candle (Portland, Oregon)
Roseland Theater
Roses in Portland, Oregon
The Roxy (Portland, Oregon)
Brandon Roy
Sand Mountain Volcanic Field
Raemer Schreiber
Shanghai Tunnel Bar
Shemanski Fountain
Shut Up and Eat
Siletzia
Skyline Restaurant
Snake River
Soaring Stones
South Park Blocks
Southeast Grind
Spella Caffè
Spirit of the American Range
Spruce Production Division
2021 St. Charles Bend strike
Ralph Stackpole
Starky's
Statue of Harvey W. Scott
Statue of Vera Katz
Robert C. Stebbins
Suillus quiescens
Billy Sunday
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
Mount Thielsen
Third Eye Shoppe
This England (album)
Three Fingered Jack
Three Sisters Tavern
Tin Shed Garden Cafe
Thomas H. Tongue
Touchet Formation
Tragic Lovers
Trogloraptor
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Tualatin station
Tuber oregonense
U.S. Route 730
U.S. Route 197
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 199
Unforgiven (2004)
United States National Bank Building
United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management
The Valley Library
Waller Hall
Kermit Washington
Mount Washington (Oregon)
Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse
Weed the People
Cathy Whims
Willamette University College of Law
Willow Creek/Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center
Wilsonville, Oregon
Al Wistert
Women's March on Portland
Woodstock Library
Woodstock Mural
XLB (Portland, Oregon)
Yale Union Laundry Building
Yamsay Mountain
Minoru Yasui
Yasui v. United States
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