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Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 34 of those are found in Polk County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 138 of those are found partially or wholly in Lane County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024.
The construction of dams, like The Dalles Dam, was central to the power supply of the region. The history of Oregon, a U.S. state, may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans (primarily fur traders), settlement by pioneers, and modern development.
The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845, granting to it the entire southwestern portion of present-day Oregon to the California border. County boundaries were periodically changed to reflect the creation of Benton and Lincoln counties. Many other counties were subsequently carved out of ...
Mount Thielsen (Klamath: hisc’akwaleeʔas), [4] is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey.Because eruptive activity ceased 250,000 years ago, glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano's structure, creating precipitous slopes and a horn-like peak.
Rendering of a 24-court public pickleball complex at Lane Community College. The Emerald Valley Pickleball Foundation is asking the City of Eugene for $750,000 toward the complex.
13,200 BCE - Earliest evidence of human habitation in Oregon, discovered in 1938 at Fort Rock Cave in modern day Lake County. [ 1 ] 13,000-11,000 BCE - The Missoula floods inundate and scour large portions of the state along the Columbia River and in the Willamette Valley before entering the Pacific Ocean .