OREGON FACTS
STATE TREE: DOUGLAS FUR
STATE: 33RD
NICK NAME: BEAVER STATE
MOTTO: THE UNION
SONG: 'OREGON MY OREGON'
ROCK: THUNDER EGG
CAPITAL: SALEM
LAND USE: CROPS 9%, PASTURE 36%, FOREST 48%
STATE BIRD: WESTERN MEADOW LARK
STATE FLOWER: OREGON GRAPE
WHEN OREGON BECAME A STATE: 1859
THE OREGON STATE FLAG IS THE ONLY STATE
FLAG WITH DIFFERENT PICTURES ON BOTH SIDES.
ON THE REVERSE APPEARS A BEAVER, THE STATE ANIMAL.
BOTH SIDES ARE ON A FIELD OF NAVY BLUE WITH THE DESIGN IN GOLD.
THE FRONT PICTURE HAS A HEART SHAPED SHIELD WITH AN EAGLE ON THE TOP, SURROUNDED BY THIRTY THREE STARS. THE SCENE ON THE SHIELD SHOWS THE SUN SETTING OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, MOUNTAINS, FORESTS, AND A COVERED WAGON. THERE IS ALSO A PLOW, WHEAT, AND PICKAX REPRESENTING FARMING AND MINING. THERE ARE TWO SHIPS: THE ONE LEAVING IS A BRITISH SHIP AND THE ONE ARRIVING IS A UNITED STATES SHIP.
THE EAGLE REPRESENTS THE UNITED STATES.
BACK OF FLAG
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