Historical marker program description

Persons who have been dead for a length of time, generally at least 50 years in order for their ideas, services, and/or accomplishments to be placed in accurate historical perspective. There must be a place in the State of Oregon where they:

1. Were born, or ...
2. Were killed, if death was of state or national significance, or ...
3. Lived for a substantial period of time at a permanent residence, or ...
4. Performed some act of state or national significance.

Events which took place within the State of Oregon, generally at least 50 years ago, which are mentioned in at least one authoritative historical work and were:

1. Military operations, or ...
2. Meetings with historically important results, or
3. Acts of such historic importance as to have changed the course of state or national history.

Places:

1. Where a historic event occurred, or ...
2. That have special historic interest by reason of being the first of what later became an institution of general use and acceptance in the field of human relations, or ...
3. That are associated with native American culture, or ...
4. That are authoritatively identified with non-Indian exploration and settlement.

Geologic features which are generally within one mile of the marker site and/or are visible from the site, and are:

1. Of state or national significance, i.e. a landmark for the Oregon Trail pioneers or Native Americans, aided in settlement of state, etc., or ...
2. Unique to the state or Northwest, e.g. deepest, widest, first, last, oldest, etc., or ...
3. Illustrate hazards, e.g., volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, which are of continuing concern and for which the public need continued reminders., or ...
4. Exemplary examples of natural events.