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Cornelius – Oregon's Family Town [9] Cottage Grove – Covered Bridge Capital of Oregon [10] Dayton – Rich In History . . . Envisioning Our Future [11] Depoe Bay. Whale Watching Capital of the Oregon Coast [12] The World's Smallest Harbor [13] Estacada – Christmas Tree Capital of the World [14] Eugene. The Emerald City [15] Tracktown, USA ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Salem (/ ˈ s eɪ l ə m / ⓘ SAY-ləm) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County.It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city.
Oregon: The Beaver State Oregon's history is rooted in fur hats sourced from beavers. The beaver is both the state animal and the inspiration for the state nickname, "The Beaver State."
While most states have an official nickname, the Oregon Legislature never officially adopted one. Oregon's unofficial nickname is "The Beaver State". [10] [43] Unofficial slogans for Oregon include "things look different here" and "Oregon, We Love Dreamers", the latter of which alludes to the "basic sense of idealism" of the state's culture. [44]
Benny Beaver is the official mascot of Oregon State University and winner of the 2011 Capital One Mascot of the Year write-in campaign. The date of the first use of the beaver as the university's mascot is unknown, but photographs in the school's yearbook document its use as a mascot as early as the 1940s.
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
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.