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 Oregon City, the first American settlement west of the Missouri River, was founded in 1844.[([[https://octa-trails.org/articles/oregon-city/|octa-trails]])]
+===== First Territorial Government =====
+The first US territory government was established in Oregon in 1848.[([[https://www.nps.gov/places/formation-of-the-oregon-territory.htm|nps]])]
+===== Crater Lake =====
+Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States, with a depth of over 1,940 feet.[([[https://www.nps.gov/places/crater-lake.htm|nps]])]
+===== Humongous Fungus =====
+The "Humongous Fungus", the world's biggest living creature, lives in Oregon's Malheur National Forest. The single fungus organism covers over three square miles and might be as ancient as 8,000 years.[([[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/|scientificamerican]])]
+===== Name Origin =====
+Nobody knows where the term "Oregon" came from; suggestions include French and Native American Chinook as possible sources.[([[https://www.jstor.org/stable/20611473|jstor]])]
+===== Beaver State =====
+Although Oregon is known as the Beaver State, and the beaver is the state animal, by the time the state was established in 1859, fur merchants had depleted the state's beaver population to the point that they were no longer a viable product.[([[https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states/article/oregon|nationalgeographic]])]
+===== Hell's Canyon =====
+Hell's Canyon in Oregon is the deepest gorge in the United States, deep enough to hold five stacked Eiffel Towers.[([[https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states/article/oregon|nationalgeographic]])]
+===== Sea Lions =====
+On the Oregon coast, sea lions may be found in a variety of caves and tunnels.[([[https://www.sealioncaves.com/|sealioncaves]])]
+===== Fur Trade =====
+The Beaver State is Oregon's nickname. Thousands of trappers were drawn to the country in the 1800s by the heavily furred animal, and their pelts were a prized trading item.[([[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fur_trade_in_oregon_country/|oregonencyclopedia]])]
+===== Big Foot Trap =====
+In Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest, there is the only Big Foot trap in the world.[([[https://www.oregonwild.org/collings-mountain-trail-bigfoot-trap|oregonwild]])]
+===== Matt Groening =====
+Matt Groening, an Oregon native, named the hometown of his renowned cartoon family, the Simpsons, after Springfield, Oregon.[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/matt-groening-reveals-the-location-of-the-real-springfield-60583379/|smithsonianmag]])]
+===== Softwood Lumber =====
+Oregon is the major supplier of softwood lumber in the United States.[([[https://www.oregon.gov/biz/programs/homeareas/byboregon/targetIndustries/Pages/forestry.aspx|oregon]])]
+===== Powell's City of Books =====
+Powell's City of Books, situated in Portland, Oregon, is the world's biggest independent bookshop, with 3,500 separate categories of new and secondhand books.[([[https://www.powells.com/locations/powells-city-of-books|powells]])]
+===== Thunderegg =====
+Nobody knows exactly how Oregon's state rock, the thunderegg (similar to a geode but with a mineral-filled center), gets made.[([[https://www.geologypage.com/2016/10/thunderegg.html|geologypage]])]
+===== Different Design On Each Side Of The Flag =====
+Oregon's state flag is the only one in the United States that has a different design on each side.[([[https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Oregon|britannica]])]
+===== Ghost Towns =====
+Oregon has the most ghost towns of any state in the United States.[([[https://www.visitoregon.com/oregon-ghost-towns/|visitoregon]])]

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