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Brief History. Spanish and English sailors sighted the Oregon coast in the 1500s and 1600s. This region was soon claimed for the U.S. by Capt. Robert Gray. First permanent settlement Astoria was founded in 1811. Disputes for control of Oregon between American settlers and the Hudson Bay Company were finally resolved in the 1846 Oregon Treaty, in which Great Britain gave up claims to the region. Oregon is now a major agricultural center. Crater Lake National Park, Mount Hood, and Bonneville Dam on the Columbia are major tourist attractions.

 

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Aging NW Dams Pose Challenge for Fish, Feds
The Army Corps of Engineers is testing the oil used in dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers to see if it contains PCBs, chemicals which can contaminate the water around the dams. The Corps says the tests are a precaution after oil leaks were discovered in December at the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam on the Snake River.

AP Newsbreak: 3 lost in Ore. considered eating dog
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) - Three mushroom pickers lost six nights in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon with no food considered eating their dog, and used their dead cellphone and a sheath knife to flash a signal at the helicopter pilot who found them.

Ore. Seniors to 'Shadow' Lawmakers Thursday
On this Groundhog Day, almost every Oregon legislator will see their "shadows" at the state Capitol -- in the form of constituents who have come from around the state for Senior Lobby Day.