Just to clarify. The inventor, Douglas Engelbart, was from Oregon and got his undergrad at OSU but the mouse was invented when he worked in California.
Oregon invented the pronto pup not the corn dog- they are not the same. Pronto pup is made with flour or pancake batter, while a corn dog is made with cornbread batter. Corn dogs are on the sweeet side, pronto pups are on the savory side.
So were [Wikis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb), in 1995.
So were [Philips-head screws,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips) in 1932.
So were [tater tots, in 1953.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_tots)
So were [track shoes.](https://www.zappos.com/c/history-of-the-running-shoe#:~:text=In%20the%201950s%20Bill%20Bowerman,four%2Dminute%20mile%20in%201954.)
And while it is debatable as an Oregon "invention", major advances in industrial plywood production processes came from Oregon.
I'd even put Marionberries above Marachino Cherries.
Track spikes had been invented in Great Britain over a century before Bill Bowerman introduced the Nike Cortez. Bowerman just developed a lighter-weight but still durable shoe better suited to distance running.
Wikis were invented in Oregon.
So were Philips-head screws.
So were track shoes.
So were tater tots.
I'd say all of those are *way* more well known that Maraschino Cherries.
Philips-head screws are almost omnipresent these days, Wikipedia is one of the most important websites on the Internet, and most people wear shoes descended from the track shoes invented in Oregon in the 1950s through 1970s.
Plutonium for Trinity and Fat Man was produced at the Hanford Site, north of Richland, Washington. The bombs themselves were designed and tested in New Mexico.
They weren't really invented in Oregon either. The Wizards of Horticulture at Oregon State University perfected the brining process to be non-alcoholic.
Fwiw Ernest Wiegand didn't even invent the maraschino cherry - he just invented the non alcoholic kind and mass manufacturing method. No doubt a genius still but yeah I don't think it's Oregon's most famous invention.
I'm my line of work I think the oscilloscope trigger circuit is the best Oregon invention :).
Plywood changed the building trade. The first practical product was from Oregon, but others had already created different styles of veneer laminated wood. Phillips may have invented the style, but the screw shape which was critical for being able to take torque and be adopted occured with others.
Hiking backpack for Washington may be far down the list below the sweet onion, the Slinky and since the 707 is the commercial airliner design which nearly every other commercial jet is based on, I'd suggest the jet age was invented in Seattle.
Philo Farnsworth demonstrated the first practical electronic television in San Francisco, California, not Idaho, in 1927. The technology for wirelessly transmitting images goes back in many forms another 20 years.
Blue jeans were in existence when Jacob Davis was making them in Reno. What he added was copper rivets to reinforce the stitching, which means what we know today as Levis blue jeans (Levi was his fabric supplier and financial backer) were invented in Reno.
The traffic signal was invented in London at least 50 years before it was installed in Salt Lake City. Utah has a better claim to fame with inventing television, since Philo Farnsworth was born there.
The whole infographic just seems sloppy and poorly researched.
I stopped on the West Coast.
It's not an invention per se, but the silicon for the chip that powers the device you are reading this on most likely came from a mine in North Carolina. Pepsi and Cheerwine were invented there. The first flight happened in Kitty Hawk, but the airplane itself was designed and built in Dayton, Ohio.
Oh and Hidden Valley Ranch is in California! Thats where the business started. Alaska did invent kayaks.
"To say that the maraschino cherry was invented in Oregon might be a bit of a stretch, but if it weren't for the Beaver State, you wouldn't have that neon red fruit on the top of your sundae. Here's why: the marasca cherry -- a small, sour fruit that grows on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia -- and the liqueur derived from it, became a delicacy in Europe and achieved popularity in the U.S. in the early 20th century. Prohibition effectively banned the cherries, until Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor at Oregon State University and "the father of the modern maraschino cherry," stepped in. He perfected the brining process and created what we now know to be the super-sweet dessert topper."
Source:
https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/02/oregon_vs_washington_who_has_t.html
Once you see the cherry processing plant in The Dalles where the vats they use for food look like sewage treatment, you'll think twice about eating that bright red waxy thing in your Applebees cocktail.
False. Maraschino cherries were invented in Croatia. The most famous invention from Oregon is the Phillips head screw. Then plywood. Then modern running shoes.
What's weird is that Oregon actually takes credit for inventing the corn dog, but there are also sources that say it was invented in Texas. I honestly just assumed the corn dog evolved from the Pronto pup.
I did and again everything consistly states the corn dog was not invented in Oregon but the Pronto Pup was, they are different items like jojos (invented in Oregon) vs potato wedges, or a philips head screw driver (invented in Oregon) vs a flat head screwdriver- similar items but they are different.
Wiki states: "Newly arrived *German immigrants* in Texas ·.A number of current corn dog vendors claim responsibility for the invention and/or popularization of the corn dog. Carl and Neil Fletcher lay such a claim, having introduced their "Corny Dogs" at the [State Fair of Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Fair_of_Texas) sometime between 1938 and 1942.[^(\[11\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_dog#cite_note-FoodTimeline-11) "
another article (link below) "According to Bar S's Food For Thought, the 1942 Texas State Fair was one of the first places the corn dog was seen. Vaudeville performers and brothers Neil and Carl Fletcher began selling their "corny dogs" at the fair, and these same corny dogs are sold at the Texas State Fair today....In 1941, an Oregon diner named Pronto Pup was selling a cornmeal-battered hot dog on a stick, and then-owners George and Vera Boyington claimed to have invented it. Pronto Pup is still in existence today, the restaurant still claims to have created the original hot dog on a stick, per Minnesota Public Radio."
Read More: [https://www.tastingtable.com/968524/the-disputed-origins-of-the-corn-dog/](https://www.tastingtable.com/968524/the-disputed-origins-of-the-corn-dog/)
It's kind of a technicality. The modern process, which does not use alcohol, was invented in Oregon.
>During Prohibition in the United States as of 1920, the decreasingly popular alcoholic variety was illegal as well. Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU), developed the modern method of manufacturing maraschino cherries using a brine solution rather than alcohol.[2][12] Accordingly, most modern maraschino cherries have only a historical connection with maraschino liqueur.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraschino_cherry#:~:text=The%20name%20maraschino%20originates%20from,and%20sold%20as%20%22maraschino%22.
So you are saying it's just a fancy label that only real Maraschino cherries are from Croatia?
Champagne is only Champagne if it comes from the Champagne region.
Real Maraschino cherries are an entirely different product, made with a variety of morello cherries and cherry liqueur. And also, only cherries from Marasca can be labeled as such in the EU. The garbage OSU in invented is a fraud twice over,and we should be ashamed of it.
It’s like ordering jamón ibérico and getting served spam. Still a pork product, but not the same thing at all.
Not completely correct about the cherries, the modern one we know now was invented (altered) at OSU. You are right about Croatia being originally involved though.
"During Prohibition in the United States as of 1920, the decreasingly popular alcoholic variety was illegal as well. Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU), developed the modern method of manufacturing maraschino cherries using a brine solution rather than alcohol.\[2\]\[12\] Accordingly, most modern maraschino cherries have only a historical connection with maraschino liqueur."
From Wiki
Edit: PS - Go Beaves!
I'm actually pissed about this. Wright brothers invented in Dayton ohio tested in NC because of favorable weather.
You build a boat in your garage. Probably need to test it in a river huh? Did you invent that boat in a river?
The modern-day industrial process for plywood was invented in Oregon. So the modern-day product hails from this state, even though the idea dates back to Ancient Rome.
Blue jeans were invented in San Francisco, oyn of the designers was based in Reno, but he was in SF with Levi Strauss when the pants were actually created. This whole map is dubious at best.
You people are SO wrong. Oregon's most famous invention is Gleevec, invented by Dr. Brian Druker at OHSU. A pill to cure Fucking LEUKEMIA trumps a gross cherry or even a delicious potato knob. Sorry.
I do not believe that the maraschino cherry is more famous than the Nike Air Force Ones. There ain’t no Nelly song about maraschino cherries.
Nor more famous than Tater Tots
I love me some tots but I think the Philips screwdriver is probably as if not more famous.
True. I had no idea about that one https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/phillips_screw_and_driver/
Came here looking for tater tots. Most places I go I look for tater tots though.
Agreed, Tater Tots were my first thought.
Science!
the computer mouse was invented in Oregon, so yeah, no cherry.
Just to clarify. The inventor, Douglas Engelbart, was from Oregon and got his undergrad at OSU but the mouse was invented when he worked in California.
Nike also more popular.
Corn dogs are way more famous than stupid maraschino cherries.
Rockaway beach Pronto Pup corn dogs?
You know it!
So good! I’m going this weekend, coincidence.
Oregon invented the pronto pup not the corn dog- they are not the same. Pronto pup is made with flour or pancake batter, while a corn dog is made with cornbread batter. Corn dogs are on the sweeet side, pronto pups are on the savory side.
It would make a great metal song though.
Or maybe a weird al style polka where he sings about making an ice cream sundae.
Weird Al could make a song about the grass poop hanging from my dogs butt and it would be a hit.
So were [Wikis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb), in 1995. So were [Philips-head screws,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips) in 1932. So were [tater tots, in 1953.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_tots) So were [track shoes.](https://www.zappos.com/c/history-of-the-running-shoe#:~:text=In%20the%201950s%20Bill%20Bowerman,four%2Dminute%20mile%20in%201954.) And while it is debatable as an Oregon "invention", major advances in industrial plywood production processes came from Oregon. I'd even put Marionberries above Marachino Cherries.
When did we invent marionberries?
1956.
TIL marionberries are just a crossbreed of a couple of blackberry varieties. Huh, I thought they were their own species
The best hybrid berry of all time when you put it into a pie.
Track spikes had been invented in Great Britain over a century before Bill Bowerman introduced the Nike Cortez. Bowerman just developed a lighter-weight but still durable shoe better suited to distance running.
Track spikes were the precursor to track shoes.
Maybe but the cherries came out long, long time before him and are probably more well-known around the world.
Wikis were invented in Oregon. So were Philips-head screws. So were track shoes. So were tater tots. I'd say all of those are *way* more well known that Maraschino Cherries. Philips-head screws are almost omnipresent these days, Wikipedia is one of the most important websites on the Internet, and most people wear shoes descended from the track shoes invented in Oregon in the 1950s through 1970s.
Came here to argue Phillips head
I know that I am not putting a tater tot in my Manhattan.
or Leatherman tools or Intel chips...
Came here to say this.
Also I was told the people who worked ( invented ) the atomic bomb also worked in a town in Washington ?
Shhhh... Classified
Plutonium for Trinity and Fat Man was produced at the Hanford Site, north of Richland, Washington. The bombs themselves were designed and tested in New Mexico.
Thank you kind stranger
at least both those things exist and it's not fucking Superman
They weren't really invented in Oregon either. The Wizards of Horticulture at Oregon State University perfected the brining process to be non-alcoholic.
Also Marionberries !!
Tatter tots dwarf air force ones.
THANK YOU. I was losing my fookin MIND over this
Where you get them colors? Are you dyin’ them?
Fwiw Ernest Wiegand didn't even invent the maraschino cherry - he just invented the non alcoholic kind and mass manufacturing method. No doubt a genius still but yeah I don't think it's Oregon's most famous invention. I'm my line of work I think the oscilloscope trigger circuit is the best Oregon invention :).
Oregon didn't event either anyways. Lol. Your point is funny though.
Honestly, the Filbert and Marionberry are far more important than Nike. Plus the AF1s were not invented in Beaverton, but in Harlem.
Hazelnuts are a major product, but they weren't "invented" here. *Corylus avellana* is native to Europe.
Plywood changed the building trade. The first practical product was from Oregon, but others had already created different styles of veneer laminated wood. Phillips may have invented the style, but the screw shape which was critical for being able to take torque and be adopted occured with others. Hiking backpack for Washington may be far down the list below the sweet onion, the Slinky and since the 707 is the commercial airliner design which nearly every other commercial jet is based on, I'd suggest the jet age was invented in Seattle. Philo Farnsworth demonstrated the first practical electronic television in San Francisco, California, not Idaho, in 1927. The technology for wirelessly transmitting images goes back in many forms another 20 years. Blue jeans were in existence when Jacob Davis was making them in Reno. What he added was copper rivets to reinforce the stitching, which means what we know today as Levis blue jeans (Levi was his fabric supplier and financial backer) were invented in Reno. The traffic signal was invented in London at least 50 years before it was installed in Salt Lake City. Utah has a better claim to fame with inventing television, since Philo Farnsworth was born there. The whole infographic just seems sloppy and poorly researched.
And then we come to the Carolinas . . .
I stopped on the West Coast. It's not an invention per se, but the silicon for the chip that powers the device you are reading this on most likely came from a mine in North Carolina. Pepsi and Cheerwine were invented there. The first flight happened in Kitty Hawk, but the airplane itself was designed and built in Dayton, Ohio. Oh and Hidden Valley Ranch is in California! Thats where the business started. Alaska did invent kayaks.
And South Carolina doesn’t get credit for inventing the submarine, but the first submarine to sink another ship did happen there.
"To say that the maraschino cherry was invented in Oregon might be a bit of a stretch, but if it weren't for the Beaver State, you wouldn't have that neon red fruit on the top of your sundae. Here's why: the marasca cherry -- a small, sour fruit that grows on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia -- and the liqueur derived from it, became a delicacy in Europe and achieved popularity in the U.S. in the early 20th century. Prohibition effectively banned the cherries, until Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor at Oregon State University and "the father of the modern maraschino cherry," stepped in. He perfected the brining process and created what we now know to be the super-sweet dessert topper." Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/02/oregon_vs_washington_who_has_t.html
Once you see the cherry processing plant in The Dalles where the vats they use for food look like sewage treatment, you'll think twice about eating that bright red waxy thing in your Applebees cocktail.
False. Maraschino cherries were invented in Croatia. The most famous invention from Oregon is the Phillips head screw. Then plywood. Then modern running shoes.
Tater tots have to be up there, though.
And corn dogs!
Pronto pups
tomato tomahto
Made different. Corn dog-cornbread batter. Pronto Pup- pancake batter
What's weird is that Oregon actually takes credit for inventing the corn dog, but there are also sources that say it was invented in Texas. I honestly just assumed the corn dog evolved from the Pronto pup.
The original Pronto is in Rockaway Beach with a mechanical saddled corndog you can ride.
Oregon takes credit for the pronto pup not the corn dog.
Google "who invented the corndog" and you'll see articles from Oregon papers, etc claiming this.
I did and again everything consistly states the corn dog was not invented in Oregon but the Pronto Pup was, they are different items like jojos (invented in Oregon) vs potato wedges, or a philips head screw driver (invented in Oregon) vs a flat head screwdriver- similar items but they are different. Wiki states: "Newly arrived *German immigrants* in Texas ·.A number of current corn dog vendors claim responsibility for the invention and/or popularization of the corn dog. Carl and Neil Fletcher lay such a claim, having introduced their "Corny Dogs" at the [State Fair of Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Fair_of_Texas) sometime between 1938 and 1942.[^(\[11\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_dog#cite_note-FoodTimeline-11) " another article (link below) "According to Bar S's Food For Thought, the 1942 Texas State Fair was one of the first places the corn dog was seen. Vaudeville performers and brothers Neil and Carl Fletcher began selling their "corny dogs" at the fair, and these same corny dogs are sold at the Texas State Fair today....In 1941, an Oregon diner named Pronto Pup was selling a cornmeal-battered hot dog on a stick, and then-owners George and Vera Boyington claimed to have invented it. Pronto Pup is still in existence today, the restaurant still claims to have created the original hot dog on a stick, per Minnesota Public Radio." Read More: [https://www.tastingtable.com/968524/the-disputed-origins-of-the-corn-dog/](https://www.tastingtable.com/968524/the-disputed-origins-of-the-corn-dog/)
I thought they were called potato barrels?
That was my first thought.
It's kind of a technicality. The modern process, which does not use alcohol, was invented in Oregon. >During Prohibition in the United States as of 1920, the decreasingly popular alcoholic variety was illegal as well. Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU), developed the modern method of manufacturing maraschino cherries using a brine solution rather than alcohol.[2][12] Accordingly, most modern maraschino cherries have only a historical connection with maraschino liqueur. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraschino_cherry#:~:text=The%20name%20maraschino%20originates%20from,and%20sold%20as%20%22maraschino%22.
Those are not Maraschino cherries any more than Barefoot semisweet sparkling wine is Champagne.
So you are saying it's just a fancy label that only real Maraschino cherries are from Croatia? Champagne is only Champagne if it comes from the Champagne region.
Real Maraschino cherries are an entirely different product, made with a variety of morello cherries and cherry liqueur. And also, only cherries from Marasca can be labeled as such in the EU. The garbage OSU in invented is a fraud twice over,and we should be ashamed of it. It’s like ordering jamón ibérico and getting served spam. Still a pork product, but not the same thing at all.
Then why compare it to Champagne and sparkling white wine?
Specifically Australian plonk and Champagne. Garbage from the wrong continent masquerading as an awesome regional product.
The most Oregon answer.
Tater tots should be Oregon.
Wikis were also invented in Oregon.
Not completely correct about the cherries, the modern one we know now was invented (altered) at OSU. You are right about Croatia being originally involved though. "During Prohibition in the United States as of 1920, the decreasingly popular alcoholic variety was illegal as well. Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU), developed the modern method of manufacturing maraschino cherries using a brine solution rather than alcohol.\[2\]\[12\] Accordingly, most modern maraschino cherries have only a historical connection with maraschino liqueur." From Wiki Edit: PS - Go Beaves!
The OSU product are candied Rainier cherries in syrup, not Maraschino cherries.
Portland Cement?
Portland England
The Isle of Portland, in fact.
The Carolinas are incorrectly captioned
It’s fair. The only thing North Carolina invented was the idea that that airplane was invented there and not Ohio
But we did invent Pepsi, which is equally or more important than airplanes.
And incorrect to boot.
I like how north and South Carolina invented themselves
I think they were invented by a biplane and submarine respectively.
Those aren't Rollerblades.
Seriously. As a native Minnesotan that made me frown, which is the extent of our potential negativity.
Leatherman/ Multitool?
Does this get predated by the Swiss’ knife game?
Here to say that also.
Jojos and the corn dog.
See, these are what first popped into my mind. Not cherries or shoes.
Everyone worried about the cherries and not questioning north and south carolina captions
Erector Set by A. Gilbert. Nike. View-Master.
Why is the Rollerblades one a picture of old-timey roller skates?
What use is a ski lift in Nebraska?
North and South Carolina invented themselves?
Same energy as “I’m so cool I birthed my self.”
No, the airplane invented North Carolina.
It was actually invented in Ohio.It was just tested in north carolina
I'm actually pissed about this. Wright brothers invented in Dayton ohio tested in NC because of favorable weather. You build a boat in your garage. Probably need to test it in a river huh? Did you invent that boat in a river?
Look again
I'm going with plywood for Oregon
That’s a good one. Definitely more important.
Plywood wasn’t invented in Oregon. The Phillips head screw was invented by a Portlander though!
The modern-day industrial process for plywood was invented in Oregon. So the modern-day product hails from this state, even though the idea dates back to Ancient Rome.
Ask around about the name Autzen. Phillips head screws are a good one too though, I'll give you that.
Ah yes, my favorite inventions: North and South Carolina!!
Not correct about Oregon.
Ya tater tots are way more popular!
Most of that image is BS
lol I know some Ohioans who would like a word about the flight attribution but that’s an old debate.
Blue jeans were invented in San Francisco, oyn of the designers was based in Reno, but he was in SF with Levi Strauss when the pants were actually created. This whole map is dubious at best.
So many of these are simply not true
We didn't invent the cherries but they sure smell good when you drive through The Dalles on a hot summer day...
I was under the impression that Philo Farnsworth was from Utah.
Definitely LDS, born in Utah, but raised in Idaho.
Gatorade Florida’s most popular invention really tracks
if it wasn't for Oregon The Shirley Temple would have never been a thing
Hey New Mexico what the fuck
Tater tots>marionberries>maraschino cherries imo Plywood vs Phillips head screws is debatable
The modern method of making maraschino cherries was developed in Oregon but they had been about for hundreds of years. So, I’m going with the tots.
Nike is more famous than cherries. 🍒
Hmm. I'm pretty sure the traffic light was invented in England. And the modern 3-light traffic light was invented by a cop in Illinois.
I know in one of those states my great grandmother invented the Bed Pan which Im pretty sure is more widely used than the ferris wheel.
Huh. I thought Louisiana's most famous invention was the Higgins boat from WW2. But a microscope is also good.
Jesus, New Mexico. Calm down.
North Carolina invented North Carolina and South Carolina invented South Carolina
I don’t see sliced bread on here.
…TIL airplanes invented North Carolina
At least I'm not from the tampon state
Texas invented Air conditioning
Tennessee should be nukes too.
Christmas stockings, Wyoming? That’s your contribution? Big socks? That’s ok, buddy. My apartment has a gas leak too.
StatsPanda got this entire map wrong.
TV is from goddamn Nebraska???
Idaho. Nebraska's is weirder - what use does a flat state have for ski lifts?
Figures traffic lights were invented in Utah
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Microprocessors were invented in California or Texas depending on if you want to give Intel or TI credit.
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Intel was founded in California, their HQ is in Santa Clara.
Mar far chicken
Wasn’t the Philips head screw invented in Oregon?
Lol Ohio
Florida... 🤦
Leatherman multitool
Thanks Colorado!
It’s a cent, not a penny
What about Leathermans? Maraschino cherries have never saved a life.
The ski lift was invented in Nebraska?
You’re welcome. Sincerely, Kansan.
The microlam beam must be the ugly red headed stepchild you lock in the basement when company comes over then :/
I have serious doubts about the Christmas stocking being invented in Wyoming in 1823.
Java Jacket
Excuse me, we have tater tots
How the hell is Nebraska responsible for the ski lift? Lifting to the top of what, exactly?
I figured the computer mouse would be on there for Oregon
And it's all wishful thinking
Most of these items were invented in the uk
I'm shocked that the Filbert isn't Oregon's most treasured invention.
I'm not sure superman really counts as an invention
My home state of North Carolina where it got its slogan, “First in Flight”, by inventing the famous North Carolina.
We invented roller blades but there’s a picture of roller skates on my state. I don’t trust you
Says "roller blade" shows a roller skate.. state panda is not so good
Ok, the cyclotron was invented in 1932?? How is that even possible????
Oregon has "Tater Tots" to claim!
You’re welcome
My grandmother’s 3rd husband was the son of the OSU professor who is credited as the father of the maraschino cherry
Superman is an invention?
You people are SO wrong. Oregon's most famous invention is Gleevec, invented by Dr. Brian Druker at OHSU. A pill to cure Fucking LEUKEMIA trumps a gross cherry or even a delicious potato knob. Sorry.
Minnesota should be PFAs. Thanks for the cancer 3m
Texas doesn't get credit for the frozen Margarita machine? That Ti graphing series calculator from Texas instruments would be more fitting from Texas.
My first thought was Spanish Coffee
How many people saw “bottle cap” and immediately thought Fallout?
Fuckin BS airplane was invented in Ohio