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Oregon |
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The Beaver State |
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 I lived in Oregon for about 3 years, in Rainier, just across the Columbia
River from Longview.
Oregon is the only state with a "front" and "back" on their flag |
| Admitted to Union |
Dec 29, 1859 (33rd) |
| Capital |
Salem |
| State Motto |
Alis Volat Propiis |
| State Bird |
Western Meadowlark |
| State Flower |
Oregon Grape |
| State Rock/Mineral |
Talc |
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Oregon Entry
Signs |
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Oregon's coastline is a must see! (1996)
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Cities and Places |
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Cannon
Beach, OR |
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A VERY nice place to visit! |
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Seaside, OR |
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This is the place where Lewis and
Clark turned around. |
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The Oregon Coast |
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This is the oldest page on my
website. |
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Cape Perpetua |
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Oregon has NO shortage of vistas,
and this one is one of the nicer ones you'll run
across. |
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Crater Lake |
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If there's one thing about the
Pacific Northwest that I've learned, its that its
got some interesting geology. (another of the older
picture pages) |
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More Interesting places and events |
Mighty Mo (1998)
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| USS Missouri |
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When they were hauling her to
Hawaii, they stopped at Astoria to clean the hull... |
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The Great Flood of 1996 |
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It was a "100" year flood, only
there'd been a flood that bad about 15 years before. |
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The Wreck of the Peter
Iredale |
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91 years after the ship wrecked on
the beach, I went to visit the remains. |
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Prehistoric Gardens |
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This guy combined his job and his
hobby, and made an endearing roadside attraction. |
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Largest Spruce Tree in USA |
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It snapped in a wind storm in
2008... here it is a few years before then |
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Camp 18 |
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Near Mist, Oregon, is a restaurant
that is also a logging museum. |
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Added in 1999
Updated in 2008 |
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