An autonomous government was formed in what was then called Oregon Country
in 1843, Oregon Territory was created in 1848 and in 1859 Oregon became the
33rd state of the Union.

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, regular U.S. troops were withdrawn and
sent east. Volunteer cavalry recruited in California were sent north to Oregon to
keep peace and protect the populace. The First Oregon Cavalry served until June
1865.

In the 1880s, the growth of railroads helped market the state’s lumber, wheat, and
the rapid growth of its cities.

Mount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake

          Ralph Waite (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014)

LOS ANGELES (AP)  –  Ralph Waite, who played the kind patriarch of
a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series "The Waltons," has
died, his manager said Thursday.

Waite, who lived in the Palm Springs area, died midday Thursday, said
his manager, Alan Mills.

Mills did not know the cause of death. He said he was taken aback because
Waite had been in good health and still working. He appeared last year in
episodes of the series "NCIS," "Bones" and "Days of Our Lives."

"He was a wonderful guy," Mills said. "He was always kind, always generous,
and a joy to work with."

"The Waltons," which aired on CBS from 1972 to 1981, starred Waite as
Ralph Walton, and Richard Thomas played his oldest son, John-Boy, an
aspiring novelist. The gentle family drama was set in the Blue Ridge
mountains of Virginia.

The show was narrated by its creator, Earl Hamner Jr., who based it on
his family memories.

Tork at age 14

Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson)   

Tork is best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees
and at one time played banjo on a George Harrison album.

Kim Novak (Marilyn Pauline Novak)

Novak made her film debut in the film noir Pushover (1954), starring Fred
MacMurray and Philip Carey. She starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo
(1958). Before fame Kim Novak worked as a dental assistant, sales clerk,
and an elevator operator.