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...)
Mount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn is an
extinctshield volcano in southern
Oregon that has been so deeply
eroded by
glaciers that there is no summit crater and the upper part of the mountain is more or less a
horn. Thielsen is a relatively old
Cascade volcano and cone-building
eruptions stopped relatively early. Damage caused during the last two or three
ice ages remains visible. Thielsen's spire-like top is hit by
lightning so often that some rocks on the summit have melted into a rare
mineraloid called
lechatelierite, a variety of
fulgurite. The mountain itself has earned the nickname "the lightning rod of the Cascades."
Diamond Lake lies to the west of Mount Thielsen and beyond lies
Mount Bailey, a much less eroded and younger
stratovolcano. Mount Thielsen is located directly north of
Crater Lake. Its sharp peak is a prominent feature of the skyline visible from
Crater Lake National Park. Both of the volcanoes are part of the Oregon High Cascades, a range that sections off the stratovolcanoes of Oregon that are younger than 3.5 million years. Climbing routes around the volcano led to tourism. In 2009, Thielsen was selected as Oregon's best hiking trail. Its skiing trails are also tourist attractions.
... that former
Oregon Duck and
Detroit LionGeorge Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States?
... that when Oregon journalist Larry Smyth was asked who he thought would win presidential elections, he invariably replied "the man who gets the most votes"?
... that Gus C. Moser served five 4-year terms in the
Oregon State Senate, including two non-consecutive 2-year periods as senate president, to which post he was elected unanimously in 1917?
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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...)
Mount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn is an
extinctshield volcano in southern
Oregon that has been so deeply
eroded by
glaciers that there is no summit crater and the upper part of the mountain is more or less a
horn. Thielsen is a relatively old
Cascade volcano and cone-building
eruptions stopped relatively early. Damage caused during the last two or three
ice ages remains visible. Thielsen's spire-like top is hit by
lightning so often that some rocks on the summit have melted into a rare
mineraloid called
lechatelierite, a variety of
fulgurite. The mountain itself has earned the nickname "the lightning rod of the Cascades."
Diamond Lake lies to the west of Mount Thielsen and beyond lies
Mount Bailey, a much less eroded and younger
stratovolcano. Mount Thielsen is located directly north of
Crater Lake. Its sharp peak is a prominent feature of the skyline visible from
Crater Lake National Park. Both of the volcanoes are part of the Oregon High Cascades, a range that sections off the stratovolcanoes of Oregon that are younger than 3.5 million years. Climbing routes around the volcano led to tourism. In 2009, Thielsen was selected as Oregon's best hiking trail. Its skiing trails are also tourist attractions.
... that former
Oregon Duck and
Detroit LionGeorge Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States?
... that when Oregon journalist Larry Smyth was asked who he thought would win presidential elections, he invariably replied "the man who gets the most votes"?
... that Gus C. Moser served five 4-year terms in the
Oregon State Senate, including two non-consecutive 2-year periods as senate president, to which post he was elected unanimously in 1917?
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