Oneonta Gorge

Historical marker location:

Cascade Locks, Oregon

( Marker is on Historic Columbia River Highway (U.S. 30) 1.8 miles west of Interstate 84, on the left when traveling west.)

A Secret Garden.

Oregon was the first state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication to end their lives.