Oregon and recreational marijuana. Oregon's population is largely concentrated in the Willamette Valley, which stretches from Eugene in the south (home of the University of Oregon) through Corvallis (home of Oregon State University) and Salem (the capital) to Portland (Oregon's largest city). Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, was the first permanent English-speaking settlement west of the Rockies in what is now the United States. Oregon City, at the end of the Oregon Trail, was the Oregon Territory's first incorporated city, and was its first capital from 1848 until 1852, when the capital was moved to Salem. Bend, near
History of Oregon State Beavers football 4-1 start earned the Beavers a #17 ranking. Oregon State defeated #8 Syracuse 31-13 in Portland, Oregon, paying back the Orangemen for a 31-8 victory the year before in New York. The following two weeks, Oregon State beat Washington State and Indiana by double digits. The wins propelled the Beavers to #8, but the next Saturday, Stanford beat Oregon State in California, 16-7. The final scheduled game was the Civil War. #10 Oregon was 7-1-1, a win away from their best season in more than three decades. Oregon State, on the other hand, was a win away from a conference