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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.
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]
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 ...
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.
The nickname Rip City is usually used in the context of the city's NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. [12] The term was coined by the team's play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 18, 1971, the Blazers' first season . [ 13 ]
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Capital One declared that Thompson had accessed about 140,000 Social Security numbers, a million Canadian social insurance numbers; 80,000 bank account numbers, and an unknown number of names and addresses of customers. Capital One began offering free credit monitoring services [114] and identity protection [115] to those affected by the breach.
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