i need to know where oregons flag came from?  like the person and idea
who had it ....

khtexas --

I haven't been able to track down the "who," but here's some of the
"why," from a Web page devoted to the world's second largest rodent:

"A beaver was depicted on Oregon?s flag in 1925, long before it was
adopted as the state animal in 1969. Oregon was unofficially nicknamed
the Beaver State long before it adopted its flag. The beaver was
depicted on Oregon?s territorial seal. It also graced early Oregon
coins (?beaver money?) in 1849. The British-owned Beaver was the first
steam vessel in the Pacific Northwest . . . .


"A May 25, 1925 editorial in the Portland Oregonian which commented on
the adoption of Oregon?s state flag said this about the beaver: 'The
beaver was the primary incentive for early exploration and it
dominated the fur trade era in this part of the Northwest which
finally led to settlement by a new class of immigrants. Its
appropriateness is intensified also by its commonly accepted
attributes. It is the universal symbol of thrift and industry and
constructive endeavor?qualities as essential now as ever they were to
the success of a people and a state.'"

Geobop: Beaver (Google-cached page)
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:J18JPAR1TSkJ:www.geosymbols.org/animals/mammals/1/beaver/index.php+oregon+%22state+flag%22+1925+beaver+suggested&hl=en


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