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Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [ 1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [ 2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was used during the 19th century by Great Plains pioneers who were seeking fertile land in the ...
The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [ 1] east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.
Crater Lake. Oregon is 295 miles (475 km) north to south at longest distance, and 395 miles (636 km) east to west. With an area of 98,381 square miles (254,810 km 2 ), Oregon is slightly larger than the United Kingdom. It is the ninth largest state in the United States. [ 1] Oregon's highest point is the summit of Mount Hood, at 11,249 feet ...
Oregon (/ ˈ ɒr ɪ ɡ ən,-ɡ ɒ n / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., 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.
D River State Recreation Site. / 44.967053°N 124.0178914°W / 44.967053; -124.0178914. D River State Recreation Site (also D River State Wayside [2] and D River State Park [1]) is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It is a sandy beach of the Pacific Ocean within central ...
Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to mean the part of the U.S. state of Oregon within 120 miles (190 km) of the state’s coastal region, on the west side of the crest of the Cascade Range. [1] The term is applied somewhat loosely, however, and is sometimes taken to exclude the southwestern areas of the state, which ...
County government. Subdivisions. cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, indian reservations, census designated place. There are 36 counties in the U.S. State of Oregon. The Oregon Constitution does not explicitly provide for county seats; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon, simply states that:
Clackamas ( / ˈklækəməs / CLAK-ə-məss) is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, [ 3] and is a suburb of Portland. The population was approximately 7,000 as of 2010 . Clackamas is home to Camp Withycombe, which is a military base, and to a branch of the Kaiser ...