OREGON

TOP 4 CITIES

• Portland
• Salem
• Eugene
• Gresham

PORTLAND

• Portland is called Rip City because The nickname came from a NBA team called the Portland Trail Blazers
• Portland was named by the flip of a coin. If it had landed on the other side, Portland would be known as Boston, Oregon.
• With over 700 food carts throughout the city, Portland has been named the best city in the world for street food by several publications

OREGON ZOO

• The 64-acre Oregon Zoo is located in Portland, a city and surrounding metropolitan area of 2.26 million people. Attendance in 2011 exceeded 1.6 million.
• Each year it contributes between $4 and $5 million to help fund the zoo's work in conservation, education and animal welfare.
• The zoo has five major exhibit areas: Great Northwest, Fragile Forests, Asia, Pacific Shores and Africa. Within these large areas are 23 specialized exhibits.

MOUNT HOOD

• Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the now-extinct Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon.
• Mt Hood 75 km ESE of Portland is Oregon's highest peak and one of the most prominent of the Cascades volcanoes
• It is probably the only volcano in Oregon which has erupted in historic times (last confirmed activity in 1865-66).

OREGON TRAIL

• The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. W
• During eight decades in the 1800s the Oregon Trail served as a natural corridor as the United States moved from the eastern half of the continent toward the west coast
• The Oregon Trail ran approximately 2,000 miles west from Missouri toward the Rocky Mountains to the Willamette Valley. A trail to California branched off in southern Idaho. The Mormon Trail paralleled much of the Oregon Trail, connecting Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City

OREGON FACTS

• Oregon was the 33rd state in the USA; it became a state on February 14, 1859
• 98,386 square miles [Oregon is the 9th biggest state in America.
• Major Industries - timber, paper products, farming (wheat, cattle), mining (coal), computer equipment, electronics
• Oregon's state flag pictures a beaver on its reverse side. It is the only state flag to carry two separate designs
• Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state

OREGON FACTS

• Eugene was the first city to have one-way streets
• At 329 feet the Coast Douglas-Fir in Oregon is considered the tallest tree in the state.
• At 8,000 feet deep Hells Canyon is the deepest river gorge in North America.
• Oregon's state birthday is on February 14, Valentine's Day.
• Navy blue and gold are Oregon's official state colors.

WESTERN MEADOWLARK

AMERICAN BEAVER

OREGON GRAPE

OREGON SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY

FOLK DANCE

MILK

CHINOOK SALMON

SPORTS

DUCKS

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