the origin of the state name oregon is unknown.
the origin of the state name oregon is unknown.
what is the origin of the state name oregon?
unknown
on the night after the game, oregon state received all 10 pacific coast conference votes to represent the conference at the rose bowl. after being voted to represent the conference, oregon state was responsible for selecting and inviting the opposing team. the western conference, forerunner of the big ten conference, did not permit their teams to play in bowl games until the pacific coast conference entered into its 1946 agreement with the western conference. #1 undefeated and untied minnesota thus chose to decline oregon state's offer to play in the rose bowl. notre dame similarly refused to accept all bowl invitations between 1925 and 1970. so, #3 undefeated notre dame also chose to decline oregon state's offer to play in the rose bowl. the best team in the country that might accept was #2 undefeated and untied duke. however, the blue devils' head coach, wallace wade, had rubbed a lot of westerners the wrong way by failing to congratulate southern california's quarterback, doyle nave, and then subsequently stating that he would never bring another team to the rose bowl ever again. most of the west coast media championed missouri with fordham as a suitable alternative. stiner advocated for missouri, his former rival at nebraska. the players generally favored inviting fordham. unknown to oregon state, however, both #6 fordham and #7 missouri each received take it or leave it offers to the sugar bowl at approximately 2:00 a.m. on november 30. both accepted the sugar bowl's offer. #4 texas and #9 texas a&m were informed that they would be considered for an invite to the rose bowl but would have to cancel their game with oregon and washington state, respectively, to avoid the chance of an upset. the aggies and longhorns informed the beavers that they would honor their contracts. unable to invite any top-seven team other than duke, the beavers officially invited the blue devils shortly after oregon state received information that fordham and missouri had accepted bids to the sugar bowl. duke accepted the invitation the next day on december 1. on december 2, admiral yamamoto sent the six carriers of the kidō butai the transmission, "climb mount niitaka," the final order to attack pearl harbor. on december 3, the state threw the beavers a big banquet at portland's multnomah hotel. governor charles sprague was one of the speakers, as was secretary of state and future governor, earl snell, and the mayor of portland and oregon state graduate, earl riley.
1941 oregon state beavers football team
kelley's writings were influential in inspiring benjamin bonneville to undertake his 1832 expedition to the west. he also espoused a theory as to the origin of the name oregon, claiming it came from the orjon river in chinese tartary.









































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in 1831 kelley sought to undertake an expedition to the west with nathaniel jarvis wyeth of boston, and they assembled a party of several hundred men. delays forced the last-minute abandonment of the plan. wyeth went west in 1832 without kelley, having attracted investors in boston.
hall j. kelley