Armstrong Kids - Oregon Facts Puzzle

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  1. 3. The name of the first river we floated in Oregon on your last trip to the U.S. It flows just north of Roseburg Oregon. The North _______.
  2. 6. The first word in the name of the nations most photographed lighthouse. The _____ Head Lighthouse. Many people mistakenly prounoune the name as Heck-et-uh but the correct way is hə-SEE-tə.
  3. 9. Oregon produces a bit over 5 million of these single use trees ever year in early winter.
  4. 12. the first word in the 3-word name of the world's smallest park (located in Portland Oregon) Hint (___ End Park)
  5. 13. __________ of the Juan de Fuca Plate under the North American Plate controls the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest. Mount Hood is just one of several recently active, major volcanic centers in the Cascade Range.
  6. 15. She main color of the Oregon State Flag.
  7. 17. The name of the town and the world's largest cheese factory is of Chinook origin. It means the people of Nekelim (pronounced Ne-elim). This town can be located by finding the town of Astoria (in the far Northwest corner of oregon, then follow highway 101 south for 63 miles (Because this highway is crooked and passes through small communities this trip would take about 90 minutes.)
  8. 20. This small city in the central Willamette Valley is home to the "The Historic Carousel Museum" and is the birthplace of one of your grandfathers.
  9. 21. This fruit was further developed and enhanced by Oregon State University. One form of this fruit is known as maraschino.
  10. 22. Recently motorists in ______ Oregon were given the right to pump their own gas.
  11. 24. this time the settlement was known by Anglos as Skinner's Mudhole. It was relocated in 1853 and named using Mr. Skinner's first name _____City in 1853.[36] Formally incorporated as a city in 1862, it was named simply ____in 1889.[37][36] Skinner ran a ferry service across the Willamette River where the Ferry Street Bridge now stands.
  12. 25. The name of the toll road around mount hood for those traveling the Oregon Trail who did not want to float the Columbia River
  13. 28. This strange crater in central Oregon somewhat near the town of LaPine is known as ____ in the Ground. The rim rises up 100 to 200 feet around the surrounding area and the center of the crater is about 500 feet below it. To get there find the town of Bend in the center of Oregon on the East side of the Cascade mountains, then follow highway 97 south for 31 miles to La Pine where you will turn east on highway 31 and travel another 28 Miles.
  14. 30. This cape is one of your grandparents' favorite places to visit on the Oregon beach. You can drive to a point 800 feet above the ocean and see miles of the beautiful Oregon coast. At its foot is the Devil's churn. A tiny inlet that is very accessible and often produces great amounts of spray at high tide as waves roll in. To find this place look for the town of Florence on the Oregon Coast (roughly straight west of Eugene/Springfield) then go North along highway 101 for 23 miles.
  15. 31. Wagons most commonly used on the Oregon Trail were generally ______ (synonyms: roofed, enclosed) to protect the contents from the rain.
  16. 32. What geometric shape does the outline of the state of Oregon most closely resemble?
  17. 33. Oregon's capital City
  18. 34. In the deep ocean, _____ waves are often barely noticeable, but can move as fast as a jet plane, over 500 mph. As they enter shallow water near land, they slow down and grow in height, and currents intensify.
  19. 36. This state has the smallest adjoining border to Oregon
  20. 38. This canyon in the northeastern corner of Oregon is the deepest canyon created by a river in the continental United States. (Yes, deeper than the Grand Canyon.)
  21. 40. Six people _________ one afternoon, were blown up by Japanese balloon bombs in Oregon during WWII. They were the only people killed on continental US soil due to combat during WWII.
  22. 41. Oregon is one of the few states that does not have this kind of tax.
  23. 42. The first word of the name of Oregon's first city. Also, the official terminus of the Oregon trail and the home of the largest falls in the northwestern united states and 17th largest in the world (by volume).
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  1. 1. This river forms most of Oregon's northern boundary
  2. 2. This type of mill was once located near Interstate 5 and often created a micro-climate causing very dense fog (accompanied by a pungent smell) that caused many bad accidents on the highway.
  3. 4. This national monument near the small community of John Day is one of the riches sites in the world for this form of ancient record of plant and animal life
  4. 5. If your vehicle uses this type of fuel, you can fill it up anywhere in Oregon.
  5. 7. The name of the second most climbed mountain in the world. (Your grandpa climbed it 27 times.)
  6. 8. The first word in the name of the geographical entity that forms Oregon's western boundary.
  7. 10. This fruit (often associated with the story of Adam and Eve - though the Bible does not say it was this type of fruit) is grown in the Hood River Valley between Mount Hood and the Columbia River.
  8. 11. The University of Oregon's mascot is based on this famous duck associated with Walt Disney.
  9. 12. This river emerges from Black Butte as a fully formed river (it may be the only one in the world to do so.)
  10. 14. This tiny town in eastern oregon is has a familial relationship with the town of Sisters in central Oregon. A larger family might have a mother and a father, _____ and sisters.
  11. 16. the animal on the Oregon State Flag
  12. 18. The name of the river where we whitewater rafted on (on your visit to the U.S.) that flows through Springfield Oregon.
  13. 19. The name of the lake that is the Oregon's major national park
  14. 23. This river forms the Northeastern border of the state
  15. 26. this is the way that most people actually traveled while on the Oregon Trail.
  16. 27. True of false: If the ocean suddently receedes, appearing as if it is an extremely low tide, you should leave the area immediatly because a large damaging wave is about to follow.
  17. 28. This nut, also known as a filbert, was developed in an orchard just south of Eugene Oregon and is the official state nut. This means that all trees that produce this nut are decendants from the trees on this farm.
  18. 29. The name of the park east of Salem Oregon that contains many waterfalls. Many of these falls have trails behind the falls that give visitors a unique view of the falls not possible in most parks.
  19. 30. This is the current largest city in Oregon
  20. 32. The name given to the three tall mountains East of Oregon's second largest city ( Known by the North ____, Middle _____, and the south ______).
  21. 35. The 2nd word in the city name where the Oregon trail typically ended its overland journey and transferred to river rafts
  22. 37. The first city to have one-way streets is also the city that your grandpa lived in when he attended Adams grade school accross the street from his house and Jefferson Junior High which was 3 blocks from his house. There was a great debate in the early days of this town between Mr. Skinner who owned the hill on what was then the north side of town (Skinner's Butte) and Spencer who owned the hill at the south side (Spencer's Butte) of the town (he wanted to call it Spencerville). Eugene Franklin Skinner, after whom Eugene is named, arrived in the Willamette Valley in 1846 with 1,200 other settlers that year. Advised by the Kalapuyans to build on high ground to avoid flooding, he erected the first Anglo cabin[33] on south or west slope of what the Kalapuyans called Ya-po-ah. The "isolated hill" is now known as Skinner's Butte. The cabin was used as a trading post and was registered as an official post office on January 8, 1850.
  23. 39. The number of months many people took to travel the Oregon Trail.