Why Is Oregon Important
Oregon Oregon seems like it could be one of the best, if not the best state in the entire United States of America. It has a very interesting history, many landmarks, and plentiful resources. If you want to learn about those interesting parts of Oregon, this is the right paper to be reading. Oregon’s rich history begins many, many years ago before the separation of the earth’s land masses. Oregon’s modern day history starts in 16th century, when Spanish sailors saw the Oregon coastline in the 1540s. Lewis and Clerk and their expedition party traveled the western states. Their journey stopped in Oregon in the winter of 1805. Trappers
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found Oregon extremely rich in beaver pelts. This earned Oregon the nickname the Beaver State. In the 1900’s, hundreds of thousands of pioneers traveled from the East across the Oregon trail on foot, on horseback, or in wagons to settle the Oregon territory. Finally, on its third vote about statehood, Oregon became the 33rd state to be admitted into the USA on February 4, 1859. Next, Oregon has plentiful resources.
Timber, fruit, and livestock are some of those plentiful resources. Oregon has many businesses, like wineries and breweries. It even has international businesses like Nike. Oregon also has its own hi-tech region called the Silicon Forest. Tourism grows in importance each year because the timber and mining businesses are decreasing in importance. Those are some of the plentiful resources of Oregon.
Finally, Oregon has quite a few landmarks. Mt. Hood, a dormant volcano, is the tallest climbing mountain in Oregon. It reaches 11, 239 feet high. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in America; it reaches 1,964 feet deep. It is actually the leftover caldera of an ancient volcano, Mount Mazama, that erupted even more violently than Mount St. Helen’s. Some of the final landmarks are Fort Astoria, the Sunken Village dig sight, Wallowa Lake, and Hell’s Canyon.
I have traveled to Maryland, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C. Oregon seems like it would blow all of them away. Hopefully, I can to travel to Oregon one day because Oregon is a place where you can go to one of its beaches one day and snow ski on a mountain another. This is just the tip of the iceberg on Oregon. It is also a outdoorsman’s paradise where you can cycle, hike, kayak, rock climb, windsurf and go white water rafting. Oregon is the greatest place in America, at least in my
opinion.
Work Cited:
Bao, Sandra. (1995). Washington, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest. China: Lonely Planet Publications, Pyt. Ltd.
Carlson, Kim and Irving, Stephanie. (1995). Portland Best Places. Seattle: Sasquatch Books.
Davenport, Nan. (2008). OREGON. Compton’s by Britannica. (Vol. 17, (581-593). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Fodor’s. (2000). Oregon. New York: Fodor’s Travel Publications.
Lenhart, Maria. (1995). Hidden Oregon, 6th edition. Berkeley, California: Ulysses Press.
Oakley, Myrna. (1991). Off the Beaten Path, 7th edition. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press.
Wikipedia.org, (4 September 2012). List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon. 10/29/12.
found Oregon extremely rich in beaver pelts. This earned Oregon the nickname the Beaver State. In the 1900’s, hundreds of thousands of pioneers traveled from the East across the Oregon trail on foot, on horseback, or in wagons to settle the Oregon territory. Finally, on its third vote about statehood, Oregon became the 33rd state to be admitted into the USA on February 4, 1859. Next, Oregon has plentiful resources.
Timber, fruit, and livestock are some of those plentiful resources. Oregon has many businesses, like wineries and breweries. It even has international businesses like Nike. Oregon also has its own hi-tech region called the Silicon Forest. Tourism grows in importance each year because the timber and mining businesses are decreasing in importance. Those are some of the plentiful resources of Oregon.
Finally, Oregon has quite a few landmarks. Mt. Hood, a dormant volcano, is the tallest climbing mountain in Oregon. It reaches 11, 239 feet high. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in America; it reaches 1,964 feet deep. It is actually the leftover caldera of an ancient volcano, Mount Mazama, that erupted even more violently than Mount St. Helen’s. Some of the final landmarks are Fort Astoria, the Sunken Village dig sight, Wallowa Lake, and Hell’s Canyon.
I have traveled to Maryland, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C. Oregon seems like it would blow all of them away. Hopefully, I can to travel to Oregon one day because Oregon is a place where you can go to one of its beaches one day and snow ski on a mountain another. This is just the tip of the iceberg on Oregon. It is also a outdoorsman’s paradise where you can cycle, hike, kayak, rock climb, windsurf and go white water rafting. Oregon is the greatest place in America, at least in my
opinion.
Work Cited:
Bao, Sandra. (1995). Washington, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest. China: Lonely Planet Publications, Pyt. Ltd.
Carlson, Kim and Irving, Stephanie. (1995). Portland Best Places. Seattle: Sasquatch Books.
Davenport, Nan. (2008). OREGON. Compton’s by Britannica. (Vol. 17, (581-593). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Fodor’s. (2000). Oregon. New York: Fodor’s Travel Publications.
Lenhart, Maria. (1995). Hidden Oregon, 6th edition. Berkeley, California: Ulysses Press.
Oakley, Myrna. (1991). Off the Beaten Path, 7th edition. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press.
Wikipedia.org, (4 September 2012). List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon. 10/29/12.