Fred Lockley was a newspaper columnist, a rare book dealer, and the author of books on Oregon and Pacific Northwest history. He was born March …

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During a period of social and racial turmoil in the late 1960s, the Black Student Union at Oregon State University staged a protest, walking off …

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Fred L. Peterson, a Portland city commissioner for twelve years, was elected mayor in 1953, serving one term. In city council and city hall, Peterson’s …

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Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren moved to Portland on October 3, 1908, to start a Swedish newspaper, which he successfully did. Through Oregon Posten, he had …

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Fr. Edwin O'Hara—Roman Catholic priest, educator, social reformer, and historian—was instrumental in shaping innovative Catholic educational practices and social action in Oregon and the nation. …

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The steamer Express operated on the Willamette River from the mid-1850s to the early 1860s at a time when several companies competed for river business. …

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On his expeditions to map the continent, Frémont needed the services of an able scout. Kit Carson, a mountain man who had covered much of …

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This 1911 U.S. Forest Service map shows the Fremont National Forest, located in southern Lake County and eastern Klamath County. In 1898 B.F. Allen, a …

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Frenchglen is a small desert community sixty miles south of Burns whose population varies from twelve to fifteen permanent residents. In this small town on …

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Located in Oregon's mid-Willamette Valley, French Prairie was resettled by French-Indian families from the 1820s through the 1840s. In the early 1850s, Pierre …

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