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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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More About This State

Nickname: Beaver State

Capital: Salem

Date entered union: Feb. 14, 1859

Population: 3,641,056

State Flower: Oregon Grape

State Bird: Western Meadowlark

Land area: 95,997 sq mi.

Topography: Rugged coast range; fertile Willamette River Valley to east and south; Cascade Mountain range of volcanic peaks east of the valley; plateau east of Cascades, in remaining two-thirds of the state.

Major Industries: Educational, health and social services; Manufacturing; Retail trade

More About The People

Folks are called: Oregonian

Ethnicities: White: 2,961,623 (86.6%); Black: 55,662 (1.6%); American Indian: 45,211 (1.3%); Asian: 101,350 (3.0%); Other race: 144,832 (4.2%); Two or more races: 104,745 (3.1%); Hispanic/Latino: 275,314 (8.0%)

Male/Female stats: Male: 1,696,550 (49.6%); Female: 1,724,849 (50.4%)

Median household income ($): 40,916

College Grads: 16.4%

Home Owners: 64.3%

Famous people: Matt Groening, William E. Stafford

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