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The city of Corvallis began using the Rock Creek watershed on Marys Peak for its municipal water supply in 1906. As logging operations spread throughout the area, the Corvallis city government bought land in the Rock Creek watershed to preserve its water quality. [15] 13th Annual Mary's Peak Shrine Trek
Corvallis City Hall. Helen Berg served as mayor of Corvallis for three terms from 1994 until 2006. Berg was the first female mayor of Corvallis, and the longest-serving mayor of the city to date. [95] The current mayor is Charles Maughan, elected in 2022. [96] The City of Corvallis uses the City Council/City Manager form of government with a ...
Elk City is an unincorporated city in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Lying along the Yaquina River east of Newport , it is on Elk City Road off U.S. Route 20 at Toledo . [ 2 ] Elk City lies at the confluence of Big Elk Creek with the river, about 23 miles (37 km) upstream from the Yaquina river mouth . [ 2 ]
Benton County was created on December 23, 1847, by an act of the Provisional Government of Oregon. [3] The county was named after Democratic Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, an advocate of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and the belief that the American government should control the whole of the Oregon Country.
Work began about June 1912 after a legal delay over funding was resolved, with Corvallis agreeing to pay a larger portion of the project. [7] In November 1912, Corvallis residents passed a bond measure to allow for the city's portion of funding of the bridge. [8] This vote was the first time women were allowed to vote in a Corvallis election. [8]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx ...
Marys River arises in western Benton County at 659 feet (201 m) above sea level and falls 452 feet (138 m) between source and mouth to an elevation of 207 feet (63 m). [3] [1] The main stem, formed by the confluence of the East Fork Marys River and the West Fork Marys River, begins at about river mile 40 (RM 40) or river kilometer 64 (RK 64) north of Marys Peak in the Central Oregon Coast ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,309 square miles (5,980 km 2), of which 2,290 square miles (5,900 km 2) is land and 19 square miles (49 km 2) (0.8%) is water.