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Joaquin Miller explained in Sunset magazine, in 1904, that "The name, Oregon, is rounded down phonetically, from Ouve água—Oragua, Or-a-gon, Oregon—given probably by the same Portuguese navigator that named the Farallones after his first officer, and it literally, in a large way, means cascades: 'Hear the waters.'
Washington then left Oregon and settled near the confluence of the Chehalis and Skookumchuck Rivers, and the Cochrans claimed the land for the family.When the Washington Territory was split from the Oregon Territory in 1853, the new territory's statutes did not preclude African-Americans from owning land, and the Cochrans sold their land to him for $6,000.
The book was published posthumously in 1855. He died in 1854 and is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City. His fur brigade captain's journal for his expedition of 1826-1827 has been published as Peter Skene Ogden, Snake Country Journal 1826-1827 (London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1967, vol. 23 ed. K.G. Davies).
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.
Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. The book was originally published in 1928.
"You could just feel the energy emanating in the room,” Matthew Weatherman's mother said of her son's hospital reunion with dog Bravery Oregon Man Reunites with Dog After Sustaining Life ...
His father, John Lane, was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. [1] The Lane family moved to Kentucky from North Carolina when Joseph was a young child. [2] Lane left home at the age of 15, and was married four years later. He moved to Evansville, Indiana, in 1820. [2] Lane and his wife, Polly Hart Lane, had 10 children. [3]
Family members located his vehicle this morning but were unable to reach it due to the terrain.” Garrett was found around 100 yards from the scene of the accident, along with his three other ...