Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is celebrating birthday 77 today.

Rogers joined his first band, The Scholars, in the mid-1950s, but the band
dissolved after their front man left to go solo. He is a 2013 inductee into the
Country Music Hall of Fame.

Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the
43rd state. The state’s largest city and capital is Boise.

Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Today, Oregon is
the 9th largest and 27th most populous U.S. state.

Mount Hood, Oregon’s highest peak.

Ed Donahue

Kenny Rogers at age 17

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is 76 today