Willamette Valley


Fog in the Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley - a valley in the United States between the Coastal and Cascade Mountains, about 200 km in length and 50 km in width. It is the most populated Oregon region.

The valley, located in the northwest of the state, surrounds the east, west and south of the outstanding mountain ranges. Its bottom - formed during the last glaciation - is wide, flat and fertile, fed by the alluvial basins of the Willamette Basin. From the rivers flowing generally to the north, the valley spreads eastwards and westwards, up to the limits of the mountain range. The river and its tributaries were of great transport importance in the early settling period of the Oregon Territory before a modern network of roads and railways was built.

In the valley in which most of the state's population lives, there are several large cities in Salem, Portland and Oregon City. The fertile fertile valleys were described as promised land, milk and honey flowing and became the target of the columns pulled by the oxen of wagons, which roamed the difficult and dangerous Oregano trail west of thousands of immigrants, crossing the distance of 2900-3400 km .

After the publication of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1807, they appeared in a valley of settlers, initially few, but more and more evidently, who expanded and repaired the roads established by the first tradesmen and fur traders. The trail was finally made available in 1841, when it was completed widening - with the effort of many nameless volunteers - from the muddy path to the width of the car. Fur traders settled in nearby Oregon City, the first state capital, which was officially established in 1859. A small portion of the ecoregion of the valley is located in southwestern Washington around Vancouver, which was once a colonial settlement called Fort Vancouver.

Willamette Valley is the cultural and political heart of the state, home to 70% of the Oregon population. Bibliography



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