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Oregon Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities503, 971Salem, Portland541Eugene, CorvallisSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration. Web: www.nanpa.com . To find phone numbers, area code information, and area…

Oregon: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.821934Fremont–521937AustinFeb.891907Williams–541933Ukiah*March991900Merlin–301922FremontApril1021906Marble Creek–…

Pacific Rim National Park

(Encyclopedia) Pacific Rim National Park, 60 sq mi (155 sq km), along the west coast of Vancouver Island, near Ucluelet, SE British Columbia, Canada; est. 1971. The park includes Long Beach, several…

Snake, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Snake, river, 1,038 mi (1,670 km) long, NW United States, the chief tributary of the Columbia; once called the Lewis River. The Snake rises in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park…

Springer Mountain

(Encyclopedia) Springer Mountain, 3,820 ft (1,164 m) high, N Ga. It is the southernmost peak of the Blue Ridge Mts. and the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

Ross, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Alexander, 1783–1856, Canadian fur trader and pioneer, b. Scotland. He went to Canada in 1805, taught school in Upper Canada, and in 1810 left for Oregon as a clerk in John Jacob…

Fraser, James Earle

(Encyclopedia) Fraser, James Earle, 1876–1953, American sculptor, b. Winona, Minn., studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris. The best known of his many works are The End of the Trail (…

Bulfinch, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796–1867, American author, b. Newton, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1814. He wrote a series of works popularizing fable and legend, including The Age of Fables (1855), The…

Bend

(Encyclopedia) Bend, city (2020 pop. 99,178), seat of Deschutes co., W central Oregon, on the Deschutes River, at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range…

Digger Indians

(Encyclopedia) Digger Indians, term indiscriminately applied to many Native Americans of the central plateau region of W North America, including tribes in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and…