 | OR-eh-gahn?...How Easterners mispronounce "OR-eh-gun" |
| 11,240 Feet?...Highest Point in
Oregon (Mt. Hood) |
| 0 Feet?...Lowest Point in Oregon
(Pacific Ocean) |
| 3257 Miles?...Distance to Miami Beach (Too
far for me to fly) |
| $54.00?...Cost of Oregon License Plates
(Good for two years) |
| 3,200,000?...Oregon's Population.
(9,700,000 in L.A. County) |
| 1243 Miles?...Length of Columbia River |
| 0.0000000000000%?...Oregon's Sales
Tax (That rounds off to "zip") |
| 1932 Feet?...Depth of Crater Lake (Deepest lake in the U.S.A) |
| Six Miles?...Distance from Downtown
Brookings to the California border. |
| Pears and Roses?...Summertime in Medford |
| Daffodils and Camellias?...Wintertime in
Brookings |
| 7900 Feet?...Depth of Hell's Canyon (Oregon/Idaho
Border) |
| 10%?...Maximum Oregon Income Tax |
| Ashland?...Home of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (A really neat
town!) |
| Fort Clatsop?...Where Lewis and Clark spent
a miserable winter in 1805-6 |
| Famous Wool Blankets?...Pendleton |
| 82O?...One February Day in
Brookings. (Usually doesn't go above 70O) |
| Bend?...East Entrance to Cascades Mountains (Resorts, Skiing,
Golf & Stuff) |
| 5¢?...Deposit on Pop Cans (Cleaner
Highways and Money for Candy) |
| 1400?...Number of Lakes in Oregon (I know. Minnesota
has us there!) |
| $6-$10/per $1000? Rate of Property
Tax in Brookings area. |
| Britt Music Festival?...In Historic Jacksonville. (Music under
the stars!) |
| 23,000 Ft2 ?...Area
of Baker City's "Oregon Trail Interpretive Center" |
| Hult Center?...Beautiful Performing Arts Center (In Eugene) |
| Rogue River?... (Rafts, Jet Boats,
Wilderness) |
| Karl D. Johnson?...Designer of This Web Site (We hope you
like it!) |
| "The Switzerland of
America"?...Joseph, Oregon (Nez Perce Country) |
| World's Largest Wooden Building?...WW-II Blimp Hangar
-(Tillamook) |
| "Nope"?...The answer when asking
to pump your own gas in Oregon |
| 225?...The Number of Oregon State Parks |
| Astoria?...First U.S. settlement in the
West. (Named for John Jacob Astor) |
| 363 Miles?...Length of U.S. 101 from California Line to the
Columbia River |
| Salem?...State Capital |
| -54O?... Oregon's Lowest
Temperature Ever Recorded. (Brrrr!) |
| 119O? ... Oregon's Highest Temperature Ever
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| Very Nice?...You-For Visiting My Web
Site
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