Spanish and English sailors are believed to have sighted the coast of Oregon in 1500 century and the 1600s. Captain James Cook, by seeking the passage of the Northwest route some of the coast in 1778. In 1792, Captain Robert Gray Columbia, discovered the river named after his ship and claimed the region for the United States
In 1805, Lewis and Clark expedition explored the region. John Jacob Astor fur depot, Astoria, was founded in 1811. Disputes for control of Oregon between American settlers and the Hudson Bay Company were finally resolved in 1846 the Oregon Treaty, Britain has abandoned the claims to the region.
Oregon has a wood of $ 3.3 billion and wood products, paper and a $ 859 million and manufacturing allies. Salmon fishing industry is one of the largest in the world.
In agriculture, the state leads the growing peppermint, cover seeds, blackberries, Boysenberries, raspberries, raspberry blacks, and hazelnuts. And 'the second increase in hops, red raspberries, plums, beans, snap, and onions.
Power in low-cost power provided by dams, Oregon has developed steadily as a manufacturing state. The main products manufactured are made of wood and plywood, metal, machinery, aluminum, chemicals, paper, food packaging and electronics.
Crater Lake National Park, Mount Hood, and Bonneville Dam on the Columbia are major tourist attractions. Other points of interest include the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Oregon Caves National Monument, Cape Perpetua in Siuslaw National Forest, Columbia River Gorge between The Dalles and Troutdale, Hells Canyon, Newberry Volcanic National Monument, and Fossil Beds John Day National Monument.
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