In Yamhill, Oregon, it is unlawful to practice the “occult arts,” which include fortune telling, spiritualism, astrology, and anything else “generally recognized to be unsound and unscientific”.¹⁾

Oregon ranked top in a 2019 survey of all states for having the most dependable, least priced energy infrastructure that also uses renewable energy sources.²⁾

Some of the original wagon ruts from the Oregon Trail have been maintained in various locations of the state.³⁾

Oregon's whole western boundary is 363 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline.⁴⁾

There were no bridges along the coastal path that subsequently became US Highway 101 until the mid-1900s, thus stagecoaches drove on the sandy beaches.⁵⁾

The 40 miles of coastal sand dunes in Oregon are the longest in North America.⁶⁾

Whales can be seen from lookouts along the Oregon coast between January and March.⁷⁾

Oregon offers a number of yearly flower festivals, including the Depoe Bay Fleet of Flowers, the Azalea Festival, the Cranberry Festival, and the Rhododendron Festival.⁸⁾

The massive 1840s migration to the West Coast along the Oregon Trail was dubbed “Oregon Fever”.⁹⁾

The 19th-century exodus to the West over the Oregon Trail is regarded as one of the biggest voluntary human migrations in history.¹⁰⁾

Many locations along Oregon's coast are named after the first Europeans to find them, including Cape Blanco, Cape Ferrelo, Cape Sebastian, Heceta Head, Cape Falcon, and Yaquina Head.¹¹⁾

After a swarm of Americans settled the country in the 1840s, the other European nations gave the territory that became Oregon state to the United States.¹²⁾

The first successful English settlement west of the Rocky Mountains was Astoria, Oregon.¹³⁾

The Douglas fir, Oregon's state tree, was introduced to other parts of the world by 19th-century naturalist David Douglas.¹⁴⁾

Oregon City, the first American settlement west of the Missouri River, was founded in 1844.¹⁵⁾