Senator Lewis F. Linn of Missouri was a tireless advocate for the United States occupation of the Oregon Country during his tenure in the U.S. …

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Lewis L. McArthur believed names allow people to think about their own localities and to understand their history. He acted on that belief through decades …

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Lewis Raymond Alderman, born and raised in Dayton, Oregon, was an early state leader in education and became a national figure during the first half …

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This photograph of Silverton, Oregon’s Main Street (at Water Street) was taken between 1896 and 1898.  At the time, the short-lived Liberal University was conducting …

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During World War I, patriotic Portland volunteers used donated materials and funding to build Liberty Temple as a place for patriotic rallies and the state …

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La Grande businessman Stephen Gardinier and his wife Madeline opened the two-story Liberty Theatre in 1910—originally named the Orpheum, and later the Arcade—to capture the …

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The first public library in Oregon, supported by taxes and freely available to everyone, opened in Portland in 1902. While most American cities and towns …

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Overhead yarding systems greatly accelerated the pace of work in the woods during the first decades of the twentieth century. This important technological innovation allowed …

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“They rise from the water or fall from the air with balletic grace,” wrote Barry Lopez of the white geese that visit Tule Lake each …

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Lilla Irvin Leach was an independent field botanist who, with her husband John, systematically collected plants throughout Oregon and other western states. She was particularly …

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