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War Housing and Vanport
When war broke out, Portland was the only city on the West Coast without a public housing authority, yet it faced the most rapid increase …
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War Relocation Authority Camp at Tule Lake
During World War II, the U.S. War Relocation Authority (WRA) built ten concentration camps for Japanese Americans. One of these covered 1,100 acres of Klamath …
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Will Daly (1869-1924)
But for the dubious interference of the Oregonian, City Councilman Will Daly may have had the distinction of being Portland’s longest-serving mayor. Daly’s …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Willamette River
The Willamette River and its extensive drainage basin lie in the greater Cascades geological province, extending from British Columbia to northern California. The river and …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Willamette Settlers to the Bishop of Juliopolis
This dictated letter, written in semi-literate English, was sent by eighteen male settlers in the mid-Willamette Valley to Joseph Provencher, the Catholic bishop at Red …
Oregon History Project
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William McClendon (1915-1996)
William McClendon was a writer, journalist, intellectual, activist, and jazz musician who was a prominent member of Portland’s civil rights community from 1938 until …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River
It is sometimes hard to believe that one month in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old Oklahoma-born folk singer could have a lasting impact on an …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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X-Ray Cafe
The X-Ray Cafe was a premiere hole-in-the-wall, all-ages music venue that helped shaped Portland's early 1990s music scene. Benjamin Arthur Ellis and Tres Shannon …
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