Sonny & Cher

Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono
(February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998)

Bono was a recording artist in partnership with his second wife
Cher, a record producer, and actor who had a second career
as a politician. He was the 16th Mayor of Palm Springs from
1988 to 1992 and a Member of the US House of Representatives
from California’s 44th district from 1995 until his death in a skiing
accident.

                                            
                                       Ross Simpson

                               
                            Ross Simpson

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At the outbreak of the American Civil War, regular U.S. troops were withdrawn and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