 Oregon Home | Festival Centre | Beach Centre | Media | Lodging FAQ Best Viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x+ at 800 x 600 Resolution or Higher. | |
| |
•  
|
|
|
|
Oregon Cities with Hotels
All Countries > United States > Oregon
By the mid-1990s the timber industry, while still critical to Oregon's economy, was waning as access to old growth stands of trees diminished. Meanwhile, manufacturing was growing, fueled by technology industries in the Willamette Valley. "Oregon," Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
Last Revised: November 14, 2007 12:21 PM. |
Oregon, one of the Pacific states of the United States. It is bordered on the north by Washington, on the east by Idaho, on the south by Nevada and California, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Oregon contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States as well as some of the nation's most fertile soils and richest timberlands. However, it was the beaver that first gave rise to the development of Oregon.
Later, when the rage for beaver hats had passed and Oregon's beaver supply was all but exhausted, the mountain men showed the early pioneers a route they had picked out in their trapping years. Known as the Oregon Trail, it took thousands during the 1840s to the fertile Willamette Valley, where wheat, fruits, and vegetables thrived. Settlers were also drawn to other parts of the state, where a profitable timber industry later developed around Oregon's bountiful supply of Douglas fir trees.
