About Oregon

Bird- THE WEASTERN MEADOWLARK Picture used from Clip Art Tree- THE DOUGLAS FIR http://www.50states.com/bird/w estmdlk.htm The Beaver’s Behind It All The Oregon Flag has the state seal on the front. The seal is surrounded by thirty three stars, representing that Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state. On the back of the flag is a Golden Beaver, because the beaver is the state animal. http://www.ajkids.com/main/followup.asp?aj_ques=snapshot%3Dkids%26kbid%3D947527%26item1%3D947524 -947525%26item2%3D13811650&aj_logid=F2B50548AAF0F54C9A746A34F611DA19&aj_rank=1&aj_score=1.4&aj_list1=947524-947525&aj_list2=13811650&back=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajkids.com%2Fkids42.asp%3Fask%3DOregon%2BSwallowtail%2BButterfly%26qSource%3D0%26origin%3D0%26meta search%3D1%2 6Ask%2521.x%3D15%26Ask%2521.y%3D8&en=ka&qid=A620DB3DC9444040AFD8D24B6B4229F0&frames=1&adcat=gmbl&ac=2&ask=Oregon+Swallowtail+ Butterfly&x= 23&y=8 Preserving Nature • The State Flower - The Oregon Grape Oregon established a bill early on in its statehood to limit pollution in the state http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/or_symb.htm http://www.nps.gov/whmi/index.htm The Oregon Trail was a trail that pioneers followed on their journey west, starting in Independence, Missouri to settle the “Wild West” and also to prospect for gold in the California Gold Rush that started in 1849. http://www.crater.lake.national-park.com/info.htm Mt. Hood is Oregon’s tallest point at 11,235 feet. This mountain is a volcanic part of the Cascade mountain range. When another volcano in the Cascades erupted about 8,000 years ago, a crater formed. This crater was filled with rain water to a depth of 2,000 feet. Crater Lake is now a five-mile-wide National Park. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/CraterLake/Locale/framework.html When she was 66 years old, Tabitha Brown started her journey west on the Oregon Trail in 1846. In Idaho, her Wagon Train decided to try a shortcut to the Willamette Valley. Instead, the “shortcut” led them to the Nevada Desert. Many of the travelers died but Tabitha made it to the Willamette Valley. All she had left was one small coin. With that coin, Tabitha Brown bought needles and started a glove making business. After a while she made enough money to help build one of the 1st schools in the west. Today, the school is known as the Pacific University, and in 1987 Tabitha Brown was named Mother of Oregon. In the 1850’s, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy founded a new city at the meeting place of the Columbia and the Willamette Rivers. To decide on the name of the settlement, Lovejoy and Pettygrove flipped a coin. Pettygrove, from Maine, won, and named the city Portland after Portland, Maine. During World War II, many fighter planes were made from Oregon wood •When settlers came west on the Oregon Trail, they noticed that one tree could yield enough wood for a house and a barn! •Oregon’s top industry is wood and wood by-products. Oregon is to thank for about 40% of the nation’s Christmas trees Oregon is also home to the headquarters of many companies, such as Intel and Nike, among others. Marionberries are a hybrid berry that grow only in Oregon. The Marionberry is a breed of berries between a raspberry and a blackberry. Oregon, My Oregon words by J. A. Buchanan and music by Henry B. Murtagh Land of the Empire Builders, Land of the Golden West; Conquered and held by free men, Fairest and the best. Onward and upward ever, Forward and on, and on; Hail to thee, Land of Heroes, My Oregon. Land of the rose and sunshine, Land of the summer's breeze; Laden with health and vigor, Fresh from the Western seas. Blest by the blood of martyrs, Land of the setting sun; Hail to thee, Land of Promise, My Oregon. Oregon was admitted to the union on March 15, 1859 as the 33rd state! Elsa D. Becca A. Ms. Chidakel The Dell computer And OREGON