Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975)

Born in Coos Bay, Oregon, Prefontaine was a long-distance runner who
set seven national records before an untimely death in a car accident. He
played football and basketball before discovering cross country in eighth
grade. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.

A Port Orford Cedar that was planted just before the turn of the century in
front of Portland City Hall.

The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm, that struck
the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962. It originated from Typhoon Freda and is considered to be the benchmark of extra tropical wind storms. The storm ranks among the most intense
to strike the region since at least 1948, likely since the January 9, 1880 "Great Gale"
and snowstorm. The storm is a contender for the title of most powerful extra tropical cyclone recorded in the U.S. in the 20th century. Wind gusts reached 116 miles per
hour in Portland, 127 miles per hour in Corvallis, and in excess of 145 miles per
hour on the Oregon coast. Nearly 50 fatalities were attributed to the windstorm.

Damage at Bernard’s Airport in Beaverton Oregon

The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of
the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February
14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted
to the Union as the State of Oregon.

The capital of the territory was first Oregon City, then Salem, followed
briefly by Corvallis, then back to Salem, which became the state capital
upon Oregon’s admission to the Union in 1859.

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At the outbreak of the American Civil War, regular U.S. troops were withdrawn and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