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What is the nickname of Oregon?

Answer:

The Beaver State

Why this is the correct answer

Oregon is nicknamed "The Beaver State" because beavers were central to the fur trade that first drew European and American explorers and settlers to the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s. Beaver pelts were the most valuable trading commodity of the era, and beaver colonies were once abundant throughout Oregon's rivers and streams.

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