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Proposal Rock (other)
Proposal Rock may refer to: * Proposal Rock (Montana), a rock pillar in Beaverhead County, Montana Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,371. Its county seat is Dillon. The county was founded in 1865. Much of the perimeter of the county is the Continental Di ..., United States * Proposal Rock (Oregon), an island off the coast of Oregon near the city of Neskowin in the United States * Proposal Rocks, a rock formation in Storrs, Connecticut, United States {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proposal Rock (Montana)
Proposal Rock may refer to: * Proposal Rock (Montana), a rock pillar in Beaverhead County, Montana Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,371. Its county seat is Dillon. The county was founded in 1865. Much of the perimeter of the county is the Continental Di ..., United States * Proposal Rock (Oregon), an island off the coast of Oregon near the city of Neskowin in the United States * Proposal Rocks, a rock formation in Storrs, Connecticut, United States {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverhead County, Montana
Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,371. Its county seat is Dillon. The county was founded in 1865. Much of the perimeter of the county is the Continental Divide, including its entire border with the state of Idaho. The divide heads east into Montana at the county border with Ravalli County, between Lost Trail Pass and Chief Joseph Pass. History The county name is derived from a rock formation, which the Shoshone described as being shaped like a beaver's head. The original county seat was the gold-mining town of Bannack. In 1881 it was moved to Dillon. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) is water. It is the largest county in Montana by area. Beaverhead impact structure is in the area. The Big Hole River (formerly called Wisdom River) runs through the county. Adjacent counties * Ravalli County - northwest * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proposal Rock (Oregon)
Proposal Rock is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, in Tillamook County, near the community of Neskowin. The island is named for a local legend of a sea captain taking his beloved there to propose to her.Ralph Friedman, ''In Search of Western Oregon'' (1990), p. 40. The proposal was from Charley Gage to Della Page sometime around 1900. Della's mother, Sarah, then dubbed it Proposal Rock to mark the occasion. Proposal Rock was originally called “Schlock” by the Native Americans who first lived there. See also *Neskowin Ghost Forest The Neskowin Ghost Forest is the remnants of a Sitka spruce forest on the Oregon Coast of the United States. The stumps were likely created when an earthquake of the Cascadia subduction zone abruptly lowered the trees, that were then covered by mu ... References External links * Pacific islands of Oregon Landforms of Tillamook County, Oregon Uninhabited islands of Oregon {{TillamookCountyOR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |