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In 1841, about 100 settlers arrived from Missouri on the Oregon Trail. Two years later, the number approached 1,000 and continued to grow until some 55,000 pioneers took the trail west in the peak year of 1850. Oregon became a state in 1859.

first appeared: 5/27/2001

Rooster Rock State Park, near Portland, owes its name to an unusual 200-foot lava pillar. Lewis and Clark viewed the gnarled rock formation on their journey to the Pacific, when their expedition camped near the present-day park Nov. 2, 1805.

first appeared: 5/20/2001

Oregon is the only state whose flag has a different image on each side. One side has the words State of Oregon above a shield surrounded by stars. Below is the date 1859, the year Oregon was admitted to the union. On the other side is a picture of a beaver.

first appeared: 5/13/2001

Oregon is home to nine lighthouses scattered along the coastline. Five of the structures remain in service.

first appeared: 5/13/2001

Bear Valley Refuge near Klamath Falls (pop. 17,737) is a large night roost site for wintering bald eagles. The area’s 4,200 acres of mature, open-branch, large-limb trees make an ideal habitat for the birds.

first appeared: 5/6/2001

Known as the “Father of Oregon,” John McLoughlin first came to the region in 1824 as a representative of Britain’s Hudson’s Bay Company. His mission was to build the fur trade and keep peace with the natives. The state legislature bestowed the honorary title in 1957.

first appeared: 4/29/2001

The Dalles (pop. 11,060) gets its name from the nearby falls on the Columbia River that the French Canadian fur traders called Le Grand Dalles de la Columbia. “Le Grand Dalles” in French means “large flagstones.”

first appeared: 4/29/2001

Many historians believe Sacagawea, now immortalized on our $1 coin, was born in Idaho, circa 1786. She eventually would assist the Lewis and Clark expedition, serving as guide and interpreter, due to her knowledge of Indian languages, plants, and edible fruits and vegetables.

first appeared: 4/22/2001

Farewell Bend State Recreation Area near Ontario (pop. 9,392) today offers visitors the beauty of the Snake River’s Brownlee Reservoir. In pioneer days, Oregon Trail travelers left the Snake at the point where the reservoir now stands to journey on to Oregon City (pop. 14,698).

first appeared: 4/15/2001

One of America’s foremost chefs, James Beard, was born May 5, 1903, in Portland and spent summers at the beach in Gearhart (pop. 1,027). He published Hors D’oeuvres & Canapés in 1940, the first major cookbook devoted to cocktail food, and had a segment on television’s first cooking show in 1946.

first appeared: 4/8/2001

The John Day Fossil Beds provide a notable record of the Cenozoic Era, the “Age of Mammals and Flowering Plants.” The area was named for the John Day River, which was named for an early explorer who was part of an expedition to establish a fur trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River in the early1800s.

first appeared: 4/8/2001

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were among the West’s first settlers and played a major role in opening up the Oregon Trail. The Whitmans went West in 1836 to establish a mission in the Walla Walla Valley to minister to the Cayuse Indians. The main wave of western migration along the trail began in 1843.

first appeared: 4/1/2001

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