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  • William Hanley

    This photograph shows William Hanley in his characteristic black Stetson. The photo is undated but was likely taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. …

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  • William Hanley (1861-1935)

    William Hanley, who was known as the Sage of Harney Valley, was born on February 8, 1861, in Jacksonville, Oregon, then called the Rogue River …

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  • William Henry Rector (1806-1890)

    William Henry Rector was an Oregon pioneer, builder, business innovator, and political figure. He helped blaze the trail south of Mount Hood in 1845 and, …

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  • William James (Jack) McLarty (1919-2011)

    William James “Jack” McLarty, one of Oregon’s veteran modern painters, was born in 1919 in Seattle but grew up in downtown Portland, helping his …

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  • William Jasper Kerr (1863–1947)

    When William Jasper Kerr was inaugurated president of Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in 1907, the institution had 40 faculty members and …

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  • William Johnson (1784-1848)

    William Johnson was the first permanent European settler in what is now the City of Portland. In late 1841, he moved his family from …

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  • William Kittredge (1932-2020)

    William Kittredge is an award-winning author, influential teacher, and preeminent voice of the American West. Born, raised, and educated in Oregon, Kittredge has written and …

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  • William L. Finley

    The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges, which include the Upper Klamath, Klamath Marsh, and Bear Valley Refuges in Oregon and the Lower Klamath, Tule Lake, …

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  • William L. Finley (1876-1953)

    Oregon's birds have had few better friends than William Lovell Finley. As a biologist, photographer, writer, filmmaker, and public official, Finley spent his life tirelessly …

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  • William Logan to Captain William J. Spencer

    Warms Spring Indian agent William Logan wrote this letter to U.S. Army Captain William J. Spencer, commander of Fort Dalles, regarding Indian fishers at Celilo …

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