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  • "Sweet Baby" James Benton (1930-2016)

    James Benton has been a singer of jazz, blues, and R&B; during two distinct eras in Portland's musical history. He first came to prominence …

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  • 1000 Friends of Oregon

    1000 Friends of Oregon was founded in 1975 by Governor Tom McCall and attorney Henry Richmond as a nonprofit watchdog organization advocating for and ensuring …

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  • 14th Amendment

    The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared that the federal government would guarantee the rights of citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in …

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  • 15th Amendment

    Civil War Reconstruction arguably culminated with the Fifteenth Amendment. Ratified in 1870, a year after Congress had passed it, the amendment stated that voting rights …

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  • 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry

    During the 1860s, the major military-Indian conflicts of the Pacific Northwest were in the Great Basin and Snake River areas of southeastern Oregon and southern …

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  • 24 Hour Church of Elvis

    For three decades, one of the best known and quirkiest Portland tourist attractions was the 24 Hour Church of Elvis. The creation of artist Stephanie …

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  • 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry

    Relations between the United States and Spain were already strained over control of Cuba and its resources when the battleship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in …

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  • 41st Infantry Division

    The 41st Division of the Army National Guard was organized on July 18, 1917, at Camp Greene, North Carolina, under the command of Major General …

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  • A-dec (Austin Dental Equipment Co.)

    A-dec is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of dental equipment. The company designs, builds, and markets much of the equipment used in dental operatories, …

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  • A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum

    The A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum, operated by the Crook County Historical Society, is located on the corner of Third and Main Streets in Prineville, …

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