Willamette Valley: 150-mile long valley in Oregon. This region is also known as Oregon Wine Country.
Popular Iconic Oregon Foods That Require Clean Water
Oregon is famous for the following foods:
Dungeness Crab
Tillamook Cheese
Marion Berries
Pinot Noir
Hazelnuts
Stumptown Coffee
Fun Facts
The first known use of the name “Oregon” was by Major Robert Rogers in 1765. The origin of the name, though, is unclear. There are several competing theories, some proposing that it came from French, and some proposing that it came from a Native Indian language.
Crater Lake of Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States, with a maximum depth is 1,943 feet.
Humongous Fungus, a single specimen of Armillaria solidipes in Malheur National Forest in Oregon, has been growing for about 2,400 years, covering 3.4 square miles. It is one of the largest living organisms on earth.
Portland’s name was decided with a coin toss on whether to name the place after Portland, Maine, or Boston, Massachusetts. In 1845 this controversy was settled with a coin toss which Francis Pettygrove, who was from Portland, Maine, won in a series of two out of three tosses, and the community was called “Portland.” The coin used for this decision, now known as the Portland Penny, is on display in the headquarters of the Oregon Historical Society.
Boring is a town in Oregon. It was named after William H. Boring of Oregon. Boring, Oregon has a sister city in Scotland that named “Dull.” Together these two towns celebrate “Boring and Dull Day” annually on August 9.
Oregon’s state flag is the only state flag in the United States to have different designs on each side.
The passing of Ballot Measure 60 in 1998 made Oregon the first state in the United States to conduct all elections by mail.
In 1994, Oregon became the first state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
At 7,993 feet deep, Hells Canyon in Oregon is the deepest river gorge in North America.
In Oregon, drivers must yield to pedestrians who are standing on the sidewalk.
This page was last updated on July 31, 2022.
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