Oregon History
State Symbols
Notable Oregonians
Oregon Counties
Oregon Cities
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The year Oregon became a state.
What is 1859?
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The State Animal.
What is the beaver?
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The "Father of Oregon."
Who is John McLoughlin?
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The Oregon county with the largest population.
What is Multnomah County?
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The city with the largest population.
What is Portland?
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Large group of Oregonians sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II.
Who are Japanese Americans?
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The Western Meadowlark.
What is the State Bird?
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Cofounder of Nike and University of Oregon sports booster.
Who is Phil Knight?
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Astoria is the county seat of this county.
What is Clatsop County?
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Home to Oregon State University's main campus.
What is Corvallis?
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Oregon industry that used traps, seine nets, and wheels.
What is salmon fishing?
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The Oregon Grape. (Hint: not the grape itself)
What is the State Flower?
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U.S. President when the Great Depression began in 1929.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
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The largest county in size (square miles).
What is Harney County?
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This city just south of North Bend used to be called Marshfield.
What is Coos Bay?
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Indian leader who led his Nez Perce band on a brilliant retreat, eluding the U.S. Army for months in 1877.
Who is Chief Joseph?
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The Oregon Swallowtail.
What is the State Insect?
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Creator of The Simpsons animated TV show.
Who is Matt Groening?
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This county is home to the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge.
What is Lake County?
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This city sits at the southern junction of Highway 99W and Highway 99E.
What is Junction City?
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This federal law encouraged settlement in Oregon in the 1850s.
What is the Donation Land Act?
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The Oregon hairy triton.
What is the State Seashell?
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Women's rights pioneer who helped get women the vote in Oregon in 1912.
Who is Abigail Scott Duniway?
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This county is named after mountains nicknamed the "Swiss Alps of Oregon."
What is Wallowa County?
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This city just north of Canyon City shares the name of a major eastern Oregon river.
What is John Day?