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Manuel Izquierdo (1925 - 2009)
Manuel Izquierdo, who arrived in Portland in 1942 as a teenaged refugee from wartime Europe, established himself as a major Oregon sculptor and printmaker in …
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"Map of Astoria in 1846, as I remember it."
The maker of this map, John Burr Osborn, survived the 1846 wreck of the U.S.S. Shark, a U.S. Navy schooner, in the dangerous waters of …
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Map of Lewis and Clark's Track
This map, titled A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track across the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, …
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Map of the Americas, 1606
This map of the Americas was published in 1606 by Dutch cartographer Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612). It is an excellent example of early seventeenth-century European cartography. …
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Map of the Oregon Territory, 1841
In 1841, Lt. Charles Wilkes, commander of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, sailed to the Pacific Northwest and began to explore the geographic region known as …
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Maraschino Cherries
Some people say that the maraschino cherry—that neon-red garnish plopped in cocktail glasses and atop sundaes—was invented in Oregon. That is a bit of an …
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Marbled Murrelet
The marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a unique and cryptic seabird species of older-aged coastal forests and nearshore waters of western Oregon. The …
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Marching Against Castro, 1962
In response to an earlier peace demonstration on October 24, 1962, a group of Cuban exiles gathered outside Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse to support President John …
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Marcus Whitman (1802–1847)
Marcus Whitman left his mark on Oregon Country as an early missionary to Cayuse people on the Columbia Plateau and as an advocate for American …
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Margaret Comstock Snell (1843–1923)
Margaret Comstock Snell was a pioneering domestic scientist who in 1889 implemented the household economy program for women at Corvallis State Agricultural College (now Oregon …
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