State of Oregon History: Lessons (free) below, with in-depth references, provide an introduction to the Rocky Mountain (of which Cascadia is a part) Floristic Region’s history. (Plants, like early inhabitants, did/do not recognize political boundaries). On-line lessons contain preschool, elementary, secondary and college level questions (answers found in the prose, photos, or URLs respectively).  The structure is (CPA) NASBA’s, self-teaching students of all ages where one learns from their mistakes.  This is the reason for teaching history – so that the next generation need not make repeating, mistaken decisions.

History Lesson Series:
The Years before Humans Arrived
Distant Past’s Artifacts, Relics & Legends
Explorers, Exploiters & the Fur Trade
Territories, Reservations, Treaties, & Mining
Farms, Homestead Acts & the Pioneer Flood
Provincial & State Paths & Constitutions
Railways, Roads, Planes & Depressions
Parks, Hospitals, Schools & Churches
Industry, Trade, Technology & Commerce
Cultural Diversity’s Lens to a Wistful Future

Indigenous Peoples Included
Alsea, Chetco, Chinook, Coos, Coquille, Nehalem, Nestucca, Siletz, Siuslaw & Kuitsh, Tillamook, Tolowa, Umpqua and Yaquina

Note for Teachers

Select another State or Province
Washington  Oregon      Utah     British Columbia
California       Alberta      Idaho     Wyoming
Colorado        Montana   Alaska   New Mexico      
All, as plants don’t recognize political boundaries