One of Portland’s grandest parades started at the corner of Sixth and Montgomery streets at 10 a.m. on June 1, 1905. Mounted police led off, …

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The Expedition No exploration of the Oregon Country has greater historical significance than the Voyage of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Historians …

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Portland staged its first and only world's fair from June 1 through October 15, 1905. During those four and a half months, 1,588,000 paying visitors …

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In late 1805, the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived on the Pacific Coast, the homeland of the Clatsop and Chinook people. The …

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Lewis & Clark College, a private and academically selective liberal arts college in Portland, is recognized nationally for its excellence in undergraduate teaching, its …

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In 1883, British scholar Richard Hopwood Thornton and Matthew Paul Deady, Oregon's sole federal district court judge, took steps to found a night law school …

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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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