OREGON LANDMARKS
ST. JOHN'S BRIDGE
St Johns Bridge crosses the Willamette River and is also the tallest bridge in Portland.
MOUNT HOOD
Mt. Hood is Oregon's tallest and most well known mountain.
PCUN
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste or PCUN is Oregon's leading advocacy group for Latinx Farmworkers and working families.
OREGON STATE CAPITOL
Located in Salem and constructed in 1936, Oregon's capitol building hosts the state's house and senate.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
The University of Oregon is located in Eugene and home to the Oregon Ducks.
CANNON BEACH
Cannon Beach's Hay Stack Rocks are an infamous icon of the Oregon coast featured in the movies "The Goonies"
GREY WHALE WATCHING
Grey Whales migrate along the Oregon coast and can typically be spotted during the months of December and January.-Sea Lions: Sea lions are a constant along the Oregon Coast, with many docks and caves for tourists to watch sea lions nap and play.
SEA LIONS
Sea Lions are a constant along the Oregon coast and can typically be spotted during the months of December and January.
DUNGENESS CRAB
Dungeness Crabs are highly coveted Oregon delicacy with strict rules as to when they can be caught and sold.
MEADOWLARK
Typically preferring open fields and meadows, the meadowlark is somewhat common across the western united states and is Oregon's state bird.
CHINOOK SALMON
Fresh caught salmon is a culinary symbol of Oregon, and it is also a critical cultural food for Native American tribes today and in centuries past.
CRATER LAKE
Oregon's only national park and a sacred site for nearby Native American Tribes.
CAMAS ROOT
A key Native American food for thousands of years. Camas grows best in moist meadows.
CIELIO FALLS
Celilo Falls is now underwater due to the controversially constructed Dalles Dam by the US Government. Celilo Falls is a critically important cultural site for many nearby Native American Tribes, and was previously a place to catch Salmon as they jumped up water falls.
JOHN BROWN CANYON
The canyon is named after John Brown, one of many Black Americans who bravely pioneered to the state of Oregon despite the states constitution explicitly prohibiting Black Americans from owning land among other discriminatory practices.
KOWASH / BISCUITROOT
Biscuitroot, the English name for Kowash, derives its name for the fact that the root of this plant can be mashed and dried into biscuits. Also an important Native American food, many parts of the plant are edible in addition to the root such as the flower and stem.
VAQUERO
Vaquero is the Spanish word for Cowboy. Many Latinx Vaqueros were instrumental in bringing cattle to southeastern Oregon, which many pioneers relied on for establishing ranches.
KAM WAH CHUNG & CO.
Located near John Day, Kam Wah Chung is a preserved historical site from 1865, and originally an important local Chinese-American medicine and general store.
GREENHORN GOLDMINE
All pioneers came to Oregon with a goal to extract natural resources, whether it was gold, fish, or growing crops. Greenhorn is now a ghost town today, but used to be a booming mining town in the late 19th century.
JAPANESE-AMERICAN SUGAR BEET FARMS
In World War II, President Roosevelt issued executive order 9066, imprisoning many Japanese Americans along the West Coast. Many were coerced into providing agricultural labor, such as picking sugar beets in eastern Oregon. Many Japanese American lost their homes, possessions, and property during the internment period. Several families relocated across the state of Oregon, and settled in Nyssa, where they started their own sugar beet farms.
HUCKLEBERRIES
An important food harvested by Native Tribes, which is still today culturally significant, and a coveted berry to put in baked goods and desserts.
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