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The motto and seal served as Oregon's only symbols until over 50 years later, when the Oregon-grape became the state flower in 1899. Oregon had six official symbols by 1950 and 22 symbols by 2000. The newest symbol of Oregon is brewer's yeast, declared the state microbe in 2013. [2]
The seal of the State of Oregon is the official seal of the U.S. state of Oregon. It was designed by Harvey Gordon in 1857, two years before Oregon was admitted to the Union. The seal was preceded by the Salmon Seal of the Provisional Government and the Seal of the Oregon Territory. The state seal is mandated by Article VI of the Oregon ...
The Oregon Duck is the mascot of the University of Oregon Ducks athletic program, based on Disney's Donald Duck character through a special license agreement. The mascot wears a green and yellow costume, and a green and yellow beanie cap with the word "Oregon" written on it. The Oregon Duck at a basketball game in 2017
The early Benny Beaver "cartoon" icon/logo was created by famous graphic illustrator, and former Disney employee, Arthur C. Evans. As the art director for Angelus Pacific Company, [8] Evans submitted his design to OSU and it was approved for use in 1951. His logos were used at hundreds of other universities and high schools throughout the nation.
Oregon's flag is the last remaining state flag in the U.S. in which the obverse and reverse sides have different designs. [2] Paraguay [ 9 ] is the only country that still has a two-sided flag. Two-sided flags were previously more common, but have been reduced due to increased costs of manufacturing a flag with two different designs. [ 2 ]
The Big 10 logo appears next to the Oregon logo during Oregon football’s media day July 29 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. As Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA have officially been welcomed to the ...
Oregon Softball plays home games at the new Jane Sanders Stadium. Oregon began WCWS success under former Coach Mike White who had taken Oregon to the Women's College World Series (WCWS) four times in 6 years. Oregon has appeared in seven WCWS, in 1976, 1980, 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. In 2014 and 2017, the Ducks reached the national semi ...
A 5-year-old Oregon boy with autism was found dead Tuesday afternoon after he vanished from his home over the weekend, authorities said. The body of Joshua McCoy — whose birthday is just four ...