Oregon has been home to manyindigenous 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, theSpanish began sending vessels northeast from thePhilippines, riding theKuroshio 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 thestrait now bearing his name. TheLewis and Clark Expedition traversed Oregon in the early 19th century, and the first permanent European settlements in Oregon were established soon afterward bytrappers andfur traders. The United States received joint occupation rights to the region from theUnited Kingdom through theTreaty of 1818. TheOregon Treaty of 1846 formally brought Oregon under American sovereignty, and theOregon Territory was created two years later. Oregon was admitted to the United States on February 14, 1859, becoming the 33rd state.
Today, with 4.2 million people over 98,000 square miles (250,000 km2), Oregon is theninth-largest and27th-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. ThePortland metropolitan area, which includes neighboring counties in Washington, is the 26th largestmetro 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 ashigh deserts and semi-aridshrublands. 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 thecaldera surroundingCrater Lake, the deepest lake in the U.S. The state is also home to the singlelargest organism in the world,Armillaria ostoyae, a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of theMalheur National Forest. (Full article...)
TheOregon Iron Company was aniron smelting company located in what is nowLake Oswego, Oregon. The company was established in 1865, and in 1867 became the first company west of theRocky Mountains in the United States to smelt iron. The company failed after a few years, but was reorganized as theOswego Iron Company in 1878, and again as theOregon Iron and Steel Company in 1883. With the addition of a larger furnace, the last incarnation of the company prospered, reaching peak production in 1890. By 1894, however, pressure from cheaper imported iron combined with the effects of thePanic of 1893 forced the company to close its smelter. The company continued to operate a pipe foundry until 1928, and until the early 1960s, existed as a land management company, selling its real estate holdings which expanded the city of Lake Oswego.
D. B. Cooper (aka"Dan Cooper") is apseudonym of anaircrafthijacker who, on November 24, 1971, after receiving aransom payout ofUS$200,000, jumped from the back of aBoeing 727 as it was flying over thePacific Northwest of theUnited States somewhere over theCascade Mountains, possibly overWoodland,Washington. Three significant clues have turned up in the case. In February 1980, eight-year-old Brian Ingram found approximately $5,800 in decaying $20 bills that were uncovered on the banks of theColumbia River. Ingram was eventually allowed to keep $2,860 of the money. In late 1978, a placard which contained instructions on how to lower the aft stairs of a 727, believed to be from the rear stairway of the plane from which Cooper jumped, was found just a few flying minutes north of Cooper's projected drop zone. In October 2007, the FBI announced it obtained a partial DNA profile of Cooper from the tie he left on the hijacked plane. The Cooper case (code-named "Norjak" by the FBI) still remains an unsolved mystery. On December 31, 2007, the FBI revived the unclosed case by publishing never before seen composite sketches and fact sheets online in an attempt to trigger memories that could possibly identify Cooper. In a press release, the FBI reiterated that it does not believe Cooper survived the jump. The FBI expressed an interest in obtaining his identity.
... thata president of the Oregon Senate crawled along a ledge of the State Capitol to access an unsecured window of the absent governor's office to place bills on his desk?
All around us there are tangible evidences of the industrial activity of our people and the growth and development of our State, and with national legislation not unfavorable to us, the future of Oregon is full of promise of a rich inheritance to its inhabitants.
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