Editing Veneta, Oregon (section)

==History==
Veneta was established in 1912 by Edmund Eugene Hunter, who named the settlement after his five-year-old daughter.<ref name=OGN>{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |author-link= Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title= [[Oregon Geographic Names]] |orig-year= 1928 |edition= Seventh |year= 2003 |publisher= [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press |location= [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] |isbn= 0-87595-277-1 |pages= 991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19420104&id=v81YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=negDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,4684615&hl=en | title=Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes | work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] | date=4 January 1942 | access-date=23 April 2015 | pages=4}}</ref> Veneta post office was established in 1914.<ref name=OGN/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OR&county=Lane | title=Lane County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> Veneta Hunter Vincent, the city's namesake, died in 2000 at age 91.<ref name=OGN/> She had attended the city's 70th anniversary party in 1982.<ref name=OGN/>

Veneta has been the site of the annual [[Oregon Country Fair]], originally called the Renaissance Faire, since 1970.<ref name=OCFtimeline>[http://home.comcast.net/~robertanisbet/projects/ocftimeline.htm OCF History Timeline]</ref>

On August 27, 1972, the [[Grateful Dead]] played a concert—the first "Field Trip"—at the Oregon Country Fair site. The concert, a benefit for [[Springfield Creamery]], has become legendary to [[Deadhead]]s and is documented in the film ''[[Sunshine Daydream]]''.<ref name=OCFtimeline/> The city's name is used on ''[[Veneta, Oregon (album)|Veneta, Oregon]]'', a 2004 release by [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]], which is a live recording of the group's opening performance at the 1972 Field Trip.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fwxqysldje All Music Guide: ''Veneta, Oregon'']</ref>