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  • Return of the C'wam

    For thousands of years, the Lost River suckers and shortnose suckers have been important to the Klamath Indian culture and, more so than salmon, essential …

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  • Reuben Crawford (1828–1918)

    Reuben Crawford was a leader in Portland's Black community from the 1870s until his death in 1918. A skilled ship caulker, he was a …

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  • Reuben C. Sanders (1876–1957)

    Reuben “Reub” C. Sanders was one of Oregon’s greatest all-around athletes. He lived for most of his life in Salem, where he played and coached …

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  • Reuben Nevius (1827-1913)

    Reuben Denton Nevius—clergyman, missionary, educator, and botanist—founded thirty Episcopalian congregations in eastern Oregon and Washington in the second half of his long and active life. …

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  • Reub Long (1898-1974)

    A generation after his death in 1974, Reuban A. "Reub" Long still figures in Oregon lore as the "Sage of Fort Rock," the pre-eminent storyteller …

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  • Reuse and Restore Movement in Portland

    The repurposing and reuse of buildings in Portland have their roots in the earliest days of the city, but it was not until after World …

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  • Rev. Jason Lee's Diary

    ­­­This is the diary of Rev. Jason Lee (1803-1845), one of the first Methodist missionaries to travel on the Oregon Trail and settle in Oregon Country. …

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  • Rex Amos (1935–)

    Rex Amos is an Oregon artist and writer best known for his assemblage and precise collage work using the Chine collé method, which uses both …

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  • Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)

    Novelist and poet Richard Brautigan was raised largely in Eugene and attended South Eugene High School. He featured Oregon scenes and landscapes in his international …

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  • Richard C. Thompson (1945-2021)

    Richard Thompson was an artist and teacher (and amateur fisherman) who grew up on a family farm near Dayton, Oregon, located eponymously on Thompson Road. …

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