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Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge is the showplace for Works Progress Administration projects in Oregon. Its construction was financed with nearly a million dollars from the WPA, with …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Timbermen Using Chainsaw, Lacomb
This photograph of two men using a gas-powered chainsaw was published in the April 1944 issue of The Timberman, a Portland-based lumber industry magazine …
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Timothy Woodbridge Davenport (1826-1911)
Timothy Woodbridge “T. W.” Davenport, known as the Sage of Silverton, was a teacher, doctor, farmer, surveyor, Indian agent, storeowner, and legislator. He was …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Title Page, Chinook Dictionary, 1871
The 1871 edition of Father Modeste Demers’s Chinook Dictionary, Catechism, Prayers, and Hymns was edited and amended by Rev. F.N. Blanchet and Rev. L.N. St. …
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Toby Winema Riddle
Toby Winema Riddle, also known as Kaitchkana and Nanooktowa, was born near southern Oregon's Link River around 1850. She was related to Kintpuash, better known …
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Tokyo International University of America
In May 1989, the first group of students walked through the doors of the still-uncompleted building that housed Tokyo International University of America (TIUA), adjacent …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Toledo Incident of 1925
In 1925, a mob forced a Japanese labor crew to leave Toledo, a community of about 2,500 people on the central Oregon coast. The incident …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Tomas Svoboda (1939-2022)
Tomáš Svoboda was an internationally renowned composer, performer, professor, and conductor. He composed over two hundred works, including six symphonies; orchestral, choral, and vocal works; …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Tom McCall's copy of his speech to the Oregon Legislative Assembly, 1973
Governor Tom McCall gave this speech to the Oregon Legislative Assembly on January 8, 1973. Like all personal copies of his speeches, it is marked …
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Tom McCall's "Farewell Speech" at the Portland City Club, 1974
Thomas Lawson McCall finished his second term as Oregon's thirtieth governor in January 1975. The Portland City Club, a non-profit civic affairs group, asked McCall …
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