Describe at least one important historical event that took place in oregon?

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Answer 1

1938 Oregon, The Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River begins producing power.

Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the US states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. The dam is located 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon, in what is now the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The primary functions of Bonneville Lock and Dam are those of electrical power generation and river navigation. The dam was built and is managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It was started in 1933, finished in 1937, and opened in 1938. At that time, was the largest single-lift lock in the world.

Folksinger Woody Guthrie wrote a song called, "Roll on, Columbia", which spoke of Bonneville locks, rocks, docks, and shiploads, it was quite popular. America was in the Great Depression, and the dam's construction provided important jobs and money for the Pacific Northwest, providing hydropower (hydroelectricity) that gave cheap energy to aluminum plants in the area, and enabling transportation 188 miles up the Columbia.

The dam features fish ladders to help native salmon get past the dam on their journey upstream to spawn. The large concentrations of fish swimming upstream serves as a tourist attraction during the spawning season. California Sea Lions are also attracted to the large number of fish, and are often seen around the base of the dam during the spawning season. By 2006, the growing number of crafty sea lions and their impact on the salmon population have become worrisome to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and environmentalists
READ MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_Dam

Answer 2

The North West Company, of Canada, established a trading fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, ten years before Lewis and Clark, and claimed the area as part of Canada.

Answer 3

Lewis and Clark ended their expedition there, at the mouth of the Columbia River and wintered in what is now Seaside Oregon

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Two things happend in World War Two that might help you.

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a contingent of JapaneseI-Class submarines sailed from Yokosuka via the Marshall Islands to take up positions off Hawaii and the coast of North America. Five of these vessels carried midget two-man submarines and 11 carried aircraft.

Early on the morning of September 9, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced off Brookings. The crew quickly assembled a specially designed seaplane, and within a few minutes pilot Nobuo Fujita, observer Shoji Okuda, and two 170 pound incendiary bombs were catapulted airborne. The plane flew toward Cape Blanco Light and crossed the coastline, following a course southeast for about 50 miles to drop its payload on Wheeler Ridge and become the first enemy aircraft to bomb the US mainland.

The Japanese intended to ignite the forests of the Pacific Northwest and cause panic. The attempt was frustrated by an unusually wet fire season and vigilant U.S. Forest Service lookouts atop Mt. Emily and at Bear Wallow. The fires were quickly extinguished and 50 pounds of bomb fragments were turned over to U.S. Military and FBI Investigators.

Twenty days later the I-25 surfaced 50 miles west of Cape Blanco. This time Fujita crossed the coastline near Port Orford. Forest Service lookouts spotted the plane, and so did ranchers along the Sixes River. Firefighters were dispatched, but not no fire or bomb debris was discovered. Fujita returned to Oregon in 1962, but this time his mission was peaceful. While attending Brookings' annual Azalea Festival, he surrendered his 400 year-old Samurai-type sword to the Mayor as "The finest possible way of closing the story. To pledge peace and friendship." Nobuo Fujita returned again in 1992, to plant a redwood seedling at the bombed site on the 50th anniversary of the attack.

You might also find this interesting:
Japanese Balloon Bombs And Killed Six Picnickers In Oregon When A Balloon Bomb They Dragged From The Woods Exploded.
On May 5, 1945, The U.S. Government quickly publicized the balloon bombs, warning people not to tamper with them. These were the only known fatalities occurring within the U.S. during WWII as a direct result of enemy action. Actual damage caused by the balloon bombs was minor. However, the incendiaries which they carried did pose a serious threat to the forests of the northwestern U.S. during the dry months. These balloons also offered a vehicle for germ warfare had the Japanese decided to use this weapon. The balloon attack began after U.S. air defense facilities had been deactivated. To counter this threat, AAF and Navy fighters flew intercept missions to shoot down balloons when sighted and AAF aircraft and Army personnel were stationed at critical points to combat any forest fires which might occur. Also, supplies of decontamination chemicals and sprays to counter any possible use of germ warfare were quietly distributed in the western states. Before detailed AAF defensive plans had been put into effect, the attacks ceased. Japanese bomb-carrying balloons were 32 feet in diameter and when fully inflated, held about 19,000 cubic feet of hydrogen. Launch sites were located on the east coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu. One of the best kept secrets of the war involved the
Japanese balloon bomb offensive, prompted by the Doolittle raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942 as a means of direct reprisal against the U.S. mainland. Some 9,000 balloons made of paper or rubberized silk and carrying anti-personnel and incendiary bombs were launched from Japan during a five-month period, to be carried by high altitude winds more than 6,000 miles eastward across the Pacific to North America. Perhaps a thousand of these reached this continent, but there were only about 285 reported incidents. Most were reported in the northwest U.S., but some balloons traveled as far east as Michigan. The first operational launches took place on Nov. 3, 1944 and two days later a U.S. Navy patrol boat spotted a balloon floating on the water 66 miles southwest of San Pedro, California. As more sightings occurred, the government, with the cooperation of the news media, adopted a policy of silence to reduce the chance of panic among U.S. residents and to deny the Japanese any information on the success of the launches. Discouraged by the apparent failure of their effort, the Japanese halted their balloon attacks in April 1945.

Answer 6

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