| Area |
98,386 square miles |
| Population |
3,421,399 |
| Major Cities and their Mayors |
Portland 557,706 Sam Adams
Salem 153,435 Janet Taylor
Eugene 150,104 Kitty Piercy
Gresham 101,221 Shane Bemis
Hillsboro 93,638 Tom Hughes
Beaverton 91,757 Denny Doyle
Bend 77,181 Mark Capell
Medford 73,212 Gary Wheeler
Springfield 57,224 Sid Leiken
Corvallis 51,110 Charles C. Tomlinson |
| Major Industries |
Timber, paper products, farming (wheat, cattle), mining (coal), computer equipment, electronics. |
| State Capitol (Seat of government) |
Salem |
| Governor |
Ted Kulongoski |
| U.S. Senators |
Merkley, Jeff - (D)
Wyden, Ron - (D) |
| U.S. House of Representatives |
David Wu (D)
Greg Walden (R)
Earl Blumenauer (D)
Peter A. DeFazio (D)
Darlene Hooley (D) |
| Secretary of State |
Kate Brown |
| Attorney General |
John Kroger |
State Assembly
Representatives |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate |
| State Counties |
Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia
Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas
Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jackson,
Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane
Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla
Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, Yamhill |
| State Supreme Court |
Paul J. De Muniz, Chief Justice (term expires January 2013)
Thomas A. Balmer (term expires January 2015)
Robert D. Durham (term expires January 2013)
W. Michael Gillette (term expires January 2011)
Rives Kistler (term expires January 2011)
Martha Lee Walters (term expires January 2015)
Virginia L. Linder (term expires January 2013) |
| Major Newspapers |
Portland - Oregon Live
Salem - Statesman Journal
Eugene - Eugene Weekly, Register-Guard
Gresham - Gresham Outlook
Hillsboro - Hillsboro Argus
Beaverton - Beaverton Valley Times
Bend - The Bulletin
Medford - Mail Tribune
Springfield - Springfield News
Corvallis - Corvallis Gazette Times |
| Major television networks |
Bend� KFXO 39 FOX,� KTVZ 21 NBC
Coos Bay KCBY 11 CBS
Eugene� KEZI 9 ABC,� KMTR 16 NBC,� KVAL 13 CBS
Medford� KDRV 12 ABC, KMVU 26 FOX, KOBI 5 NBC, KTVL 10 CBS
Portland� KATU 2 ABC,� KGW 8 NBC, KOIN 6 CBS,� KPDX 49 FOX, KPTV 12 UPN, KWBP 32 WB
Roseburg� KPIC 4 CBS |
| Local issues |
State Sponsored suicide |
| Landmarks/images |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_Dam
(Built in the 1930s to harness the Columbia River for power generation, this was the first hydroelectric dam with a hydraulic drop sufficient to produce 500,000 kW of hydropower.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Columbia_River_Highway
(The Historic Columbia River Highway is an approximately 75-mile (120� km) scenic highway in the U.S. state of Oregon between Troutdale and The Dalles, built through the Columbia River Gorge between 1913 and 1922. As the first planned scenic roadway in the United States, it has been recognized in numerous ways, including a listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark, designation as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and considered a "destination unto itself)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake_National_Park
(Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located in southern Oregon, whose primary feature is Crater Lake. This National Park was established on May 22, 1902, and it is the sixth oldest National Park in the U.S.[2] This park encompasses the Crater Lake caldera, which rests in the remains of a destroyed volcano (eventually named Mount Mazama) and the surrounding forestland and hills.)
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
(The Oregon Trail map-1843)
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[To be posted] |
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