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
Oregon Route 182 ODOT jurisdiction September 26, 2005 and is no longer part of the Oregon state highway system, though it may be maintained as a highway class roadway by either county or local government. OR 182 begins at Devils Punch Bowl State Park. It heads east to an intersection with US 101 approximately four miles north of Newport, where it ends. OR 182 was assigned to the Otter Rock Highway in 2002. Oregon Route 182 Oregon Route 182 is an Oregon state highway running from Devils Punch Bowl State Park in Lincoln County to US 101 near Newport, Oregon, United States. OR