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Oregon State Flag


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Oregon's official state flag was adopted in 1925. It is the only US state flag that still has a design on both sides. Both sides of the flag have a deep blue background and yellow designs. The reverse of the flag pictures a beaver (Oregon's state animal).
The front of thg flag features the words "STATE OF OREGON" and the year "1859," the year Oregon became a state. Between these is a heart-shaped seal that pictures a landscape with mountains, trees, elk, a covered wagon, and a British warship leaving and an American steamship arriving. The ships symbolize the transfer of the Oregon Territory from the British to the US in 1846, when President James K. Polk signed a treaty with England giving this territory to the United States. The covered wagon represents the early Oregon pioneers who traveled on the Oregon Trail to settle in Oregon



State Capital: Salem


Largest City: Portland


Entered Union: February 14, 1859


Status: Oregon was the 33rd state in the USA and the 9th biggest state


State Flower: Oregon grape


State Tree: Douglas fir


State Bird: Western Meadowlark


State Song: Oregon, My Oregon


State Nickname: Beaver State


State Motto: "She Flies With Her Own Wings" and "The Union"


Bordering States: California, Idaho, Nevada, Washington


Origin of the Name: The origin is unknown. It may have come from the French word Ouragan (which means Hurricane) and was a former name of the Columbia River



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