250 Years · 50 States · One Historic Milestone
In November 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of...
Read more →Beginning in 1843, thousands of American settlers made the 2,000-mile journey along the Or...
Read more →Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd state. Settlement of th...
Read more →Crater Lake National Park was established in 1902 to protect the deepest lake in the Unite...
Read more →Construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River began in 1933 as part of a federal in...
Read more →Oregon's shipyards operated at full capacity during World War II, building cargo vessels,...
Read more →Oregon became the first state in the nation to pass a bottle deposit law in 1971, requirin...
Read more →The catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State on May 18, 1980, sent as...
Read more →The Portland metropolitan area developed into a significant technology hub during the 1990...
Read more →Today, Oregon is home to a thriving technology industry, a celebrated wine and food cultur...
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