"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Oregon" is a creative history of Oregon (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL - First Inhabitants 1543 - Juan Cabrillo 1592 - Juan de Fuca 1778 - James Cook 1805, 1806 - Lewis & Clark 1810 to 1812 - Astor Expedition 1830 -- Oregon Trail Opens 1846 -- Oregon Treaty 1847 -- Whitman Massacre 1848 - Territoryhood 1849 - Parkman's "The Oregon Trail" 1859 - Statehood 1862 - $5 a Head 1873 -- Great Portland Fire 1874 -- Oregon Caves Discovered 1877 -- Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce 1880 - Largest Sea Cave Discovered 1881 - Tillamook Rock Light Activated 1905 -- Largest Log Cabin 1934 to 1937 and 1974 to 1981 - Construction of Bonneville Dam 1970 -- "Sometimes A Great Notion" Movie 1971 - "The Oregon Trail" Computer Game 1975 -- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Movie 2004 -- Archdiocese of Portland Declares Bankruptcy Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
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