Interesting Facts about Oregon

• The Indians thought the squeaks of the wheels of the settlers' wagons sounded like their words "chik-chik-chaile-kikash," and that became their name for wagon.
• At 1,932 feet, Oregon's Crater Lake is the nation's deepest lake--and one of the most beautiful.
• Oregon's madrona tree sheds its bark as well as its leaves.
• The giant insect-eating cobra lily is another unusual form of plant life.
• Oregon students earn money for school by picking up the innumerable pinecones for seed.
• More than two centuries ago, the ship Manzanita foundered on the coast; beachcombers are still picking up lumps of beeswax from its cargo.