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The site lies along Oregon Route 62 and the upper Rogue River, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Prospect and about 20 miles (32 km) west of Crater Lake. [ 5 ] Buildings in the district include a CCC picnic shelter and amphitheater , the Union Creek Resort lodge, a grocery store, cabins, restaurant, and an ice cream shop; all retain an early 20th ...
Portion of Umpqua County which lay east of the Coast Range summit: Named for senator Stephen A. Douglas, a supporter of Oregon's admission to the union. 112,435: 5,037 sq mi (13,046 km 2) Gilliam County: 021: Condon: 1885: Eastern third of Wasco County: Named for Oregon pioneer Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848). 2,026: 1,204 sq mi (3,118 km 2 ...
Since 2002, one of Oregon's regular-issue license-plate designs has featured Crater Lake [8] and a one-time plate surcharge is used to support the operation of Crater Lake National Park. [9] The commemorative Oregon State Quarter , which was released by the United States Mint in 2005, features an image of Crater Lake on its reverse.
"Geologic map of Mount Mazama and Crater Lake Caldera, Oregon" (online version of paper map with associated booklet and database). United States Geological Survey; Harmon, Rick (2002). Crater Lake National Park: A History. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-537-2. Harris, Stephen L. (1988).
The construction of dams, like The Dalles Dam, was central to the power supply of the region. The history of Oregon, a U.S. state, may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans (primarily fur traders), settlement by pioneers, and modern development.
Oregon City, Oregon: 1846 Residence Home of John McLoughlin a leader of the Hudson's Bay Company and the "father of Oregon" John D. Boon House: Salem, Oregon: 1847 Residence Butteville Jail: Champoeg, Oregon: 1848 Jail Silas Jacob N. Beeks House: Forest Grove, Oregon: 1848 Residence Watson–Price Farmstead Barn: Benton County, Oregon: 1848 Barn
Oregon had voted in 1976 for incumbent President Gerald Ford over challenger Carter in the previous election by an extremely narrow margin of just 1,713 votes, but had been George McGovern’s sixth-strongest state during his 1972 2,900-plus-county landslide loss. Both Carter and Reagan won the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries ...
Oregon Country was the American name, while the British used Columbia District for the region. [1] British and French Canadian fur traders had entered Oregon Country prior to 1810 before the arrival of American settlers from the mid-1830s onwards, which led to the foundation of the Provisional Government of Oregon.