Oregon
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Introduction

Oregon has a lot of fun places to visit such as Crater Lake, John Day Fossil Beds, and Hells Canyon. There are not a lot of big cities located in Oregon.  Oregon borders the Pacific Ocean, Washington, California, Idaho, and Nevada.
 

The Oregon population in the 1990 census was 2,842,321.  But the 2000 census was counted to be 3,343,908.  Oregon is a very good state to be in because they have a lot of little towns that are really fun to visit.  That is partly why the population between 1990 and 2000 went up 503,587 people.

The capital city of Oregon is Salem.  A great place to visit is the city of Baker; Baker has an amazing collection of nineteenth century buildings and was one of the gold rush towns in Oregon.  The most populated city in Oregon is Portland; Portland is located by the Columbia River and towards Washington and the Pacific Ocean.  The Governor of Oregon is John A. Kitzhaber.

1579: Sir Francis Drake possibly touched the Oregon coast.

1792: Robert Gray sailed into the Columbia River.

1805: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark reached the mouth of the Columbia River.

1811: John Jacob Astor founded Astoria.

1819: a treaty between the United States and Spain fixed the present southern boarder of Oregon.

1843: The Willamette settlers at Champoeg organized a provisional government.

1846: A treaty made the 49th parallel the chief boundary between British and U.S. territory in the
           Oregon region.

1848: Oregon became a territory.

1850: Congress passed the Oregon Donation Land Law.

1859: Oregon became the 33rd state on February.

1902: Oregon adopted the initiative and referendum

1912: The state adopted woman suffrage.

1937: Bonneville Dam was completed.

1950’s: McNary and The Dalles dams were built on the Columbia River.

1964: Heavy floods damaged western Oregon.

1982: Construction was completed on a second power house at Bonneville Dam.

1991: Barbara Roberts became Oregon’s first woman governor.  She held office           
            until 1995.                                                     

The history of Crater Lake is very interesting because about 7,700 years ago there was a volcano called Mt. Mazama which erupted.   The eruption was so great that it almost wiped out another volcano but since it did not wipe it out completely it formed a crater shape around the volcano, which eventually filled up and became a lake.  In the middle of Crater Lake is an island called Wizard Island, which is actually the inactive mouth of a volcano.  Scientists say that the eruption that was caused by Mt. Mazama was big enough to destroy a mountain the size of Mount Saint Helens and sent ash as far east as Nebraska.

In Northeast Oregon Hells Canyon was carved about 1,000 years ago by the raging Snake River.  Hells Canyon is now 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) in depth making it the deepest canyon in North America.  If you were to go to Hells Canyon you would experience a very exhausting walk down the several footpaths going to the canyon floor.

The Gross State Product for Manufacturing in Oregon is nineteen percent GSP.  Manufacturing employs 227,600 workers in Oregon, fifteen percent of all workers0000.  Wholesale, and retail trades consume eighteen percent Gross State Product.  They employ 358,700 workers and twenty four percent of all workers in Oregon.  Finance, insurance, and real estate have eighteen percent Gross State Product.  They also employ 87,200 workers and twenty four percent of all workers.  Communities, business, and personal services serve as seventeen percent of Oregon’s Gross State Product.  They employ 364,100 workers and twenty four percent of all workers in Oregon.  The Government has ten percent of the Gross State Product.  They also have   238,800 workers and sixteen percent of all workers in the state of Oregon.  The transportation, communication, utilities provide ten percent of Oregon’s Gross State Product.  They also employ 71,000 workers and five percent of all workers. 

The Columbia River is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Columbia River forms the border between Oregon and Washington.  The river flows through the largest dam in the world (Grand Coulee).  The Columbia River travels through the U.S. and empties into the Pacific Ocean.

Mt. Hood is the largest mountain in Oregon.  Mt. Hood is located by the Columbia River and is also very close to Portland.  The Mt. Hood National Park is located twenty miles east of Portland.  The park heads south from the Columbia River for more than 60 miles of forested mountains.

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