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Encyclopedia > Seal of Oregon

The Oregon State Seal consists of an outer ring with the text "State of Oregon", "1859". The inner circle contains an eagle atop a shield. The shield contains mountains, an elk, a wagon, the Pacific Ocean, on which there are a British man-of-war departing and an American steamer arriving. The second quartering with a sheaf, plow and a pickax. The banner is inscribed "The Union". Thirty-three stars surrounding the shield represent each of the states at that time. State seal of Oregon. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

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Oregon Secretary of State Executive Division (241 words)
The description of the seal of the State of Oregon shall be an escutcheon, supported by 33 stars, and divided by an ordinary, with the inscription, "The Union." In chief mountains, an elk with branching antlers, a wagon, the Pacific Ocean, on which there are a British man-of-war departing and an American steamer arriving.
There shall be a seal of State, kept by the Secretary of State for official purposes, which shall be called "The seal of the State of Oregon".
Violations are prosecuted by the Oregon Department of Justice.
Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3896 words)
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States bordering the Pacific Ocean, California, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada.
Oregon City was the first incorporated city west of the Rockies and later, the first capital of the Oregon Territory, from 1848 to 1852, when the territory capital was moved to Salem, Oregon.
Oregon claims the D River is the shortest river in the world, while the American state of Montana makes the same claim of the Roe River.
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