Joseph Schafer was Oregon's first academically trained, professional historian, serving on the faculty of the University of Oregon for twenty years. While in Eugene, …

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Ted Hallock, by any measure, was a man of astonishing talent and scope, achieving prominence as a hero of World War II, a state senator …

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The town of Joseph, situated at the base of the Wallowa Mountains at the southern edge of the three valleys of the Wallowa River, is …

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Before his death at age ninety-eight on June 30, 1999, Joseph "Ted" Francis was dean of Oregon’s single-screen cinemas. A slight man who shunned retirement, …

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Joseph Watt, who settled in Yamhill County in 1848, helped wake up the world to the area's fledgling commerce and manufacturing. He brought the first …

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Portland businessman, mayor, and philanthropist Josiah Failing was born in Montgomery County, New York, on July 9, 1806, to parents Henry Jacob and Mary Failing. …

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These selected paragraphs from a 1919 article from the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen’s (Four L) Four L Bulletin shows the difference between women …

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This 1925 article is from the Four L Bulletin, a magazine that the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen union issued between 1919 and …

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Judson Dean “Judd” Howard is remembered as “The Man Behind the Monument” for his role in the creation of Lava Beds National Monument, located just …

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Described as the “case of the century” and the “biggest case on the planet,” Juliana v. United States (August 12, 2015) was a leading U.S. …

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