Moving Companies in Oregon (OR)

OREGON

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Here is a brief introduction to the state of Oregon.

Capital City: Salem
Nicknames: Beaver State  

Population over 3.5 million residents

State’s Flag: The state flag, adopted in 1925, displays the state seal. On it are 33 stars, showing that Oregon was the 33^rd state. An ox drawn wagon represents pioneer settlers; grain, a miner’s pick, a plow, and timber symbolize Oregon’s resources and industries.

Fertile valleys, abundant forests, and the promise of free land were such irresistible lures that more than 350,000 immigrants and their families endured the hardships of the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail to settle this area. Although more than a century has passed, the attraction remains strong. Oregon’s population now tops 3 million, and millions more visit each year to enjoy a bounty of natural wonders that rightfully earns the state the reputation as the nation’s Pacific wonderland.

Chinook, Paiute, Modoc, and Nez Perce were among the some 125 different tribes of Native Americans who were living in Oregon when the first Europeans stepped ashore in the 1700s. The land provided these early inhabitants with everything they needed. Deep forests yielded wood for shelter. Rivers ran thick with salmon and trout. Game was plentiful, and edible plants grew in wild profusion.

Although Spanish explorers sailed off its coast as early as the 16^th century, Oregon was literally put on the map in 1778, when Capt. James Cook charted a portion of the coastline during his search for the fabled “great river of the West.” British fur traders soon followed. In 1792 Robert Gray, an American trader, became the first to sail into the river the state is named after, the mighty Ouragan. Gray renamed the waterway in honor of his ship, the Columbia Rediviva.

Interest in the new lands of the Louisiana Purchase led President Thomas Jefferson to send an expedition, in 1804, to explore and map the territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The expedition’s leaders, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, described a land abundant with natural resources. Soon other adventurers were heading overland to Oregon. Tales of an enormous beaver population led fur trader John Jacob Astor to send merchants there, where they founded the first American outpost in 1811 and named it Astoria.

The real push to settle Oregon came with the blazing of the Oregon Trail in the late 1830s and 1840s. Stretching from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, the trail was followed by pioneers in oxen-pulled wagons bound for what was then touted as “the Garden of Eden.” Theirs was difficult journey-one in 17 people died en route-but the goal lived up to its promise. Settlers found a land whose fertile soil and temperate climate proved ideal for t farming. To this day agriculture remains important, contributing about $6 billion annually to the state’s economy. In 1848 Oregon Territory is created. 1853 Washington Territory is separated from Oregon Territory. In 1859 Oregon joins the Union as 33^rd state. In 1868 Oregon’s first salmon-canning plant is established at Westport. In 1883 Northern Pacific Railway connects Portland to the East. In 1933 Tillamook Burn forest fire destroys 300,000 acres. In 1937 Bonneville Dam hydroelectric project on Columbia River is completed. In 1961 Maurine Neuberger becomes Oregon’s first woman senator. In 1964 heavy flooding damages western Oregon. In 1966 Astoria Bridge links Oregon with Washington. In 1971 Oregon becomes first state to ban no returnable bottles and cans. In 1977 Oregon establishes statewide ban on aerosol sprays. In 1991 Barbara Roberts becomes Oregon’s first woman governor.

Service industries: Real estate, banking, medical offices, resorts.

Manufacturing: Wood processing, electrical equipment.

Agriculture: Timber, potatoes, milk, berries, cherries, wheat, beef cattle.

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