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Central Library
The Library Association of Portland became a public organization in 1902. The Association reached an agreement with Multnomah County to extend service to all county …
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Central Library (Multnomah County Library)
Central Library, the largest building in the Multnomah County Library system (originally the Library Association of Portland), is the generally acknowledged masterpiece of Portland …
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Central Oregon
The Cascade Range divides the rainbelt of the Willamette Valley from the drier plains and open rangelands of central Oregon. Volcanic activity thousands of years …
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Central Oregon Bibliography
Abbot, Henry L. Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers: Upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the …
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Central Oregon Range Wars
Following the forced re-settlement of the region’s Indian groups onto reservations after the Civil War, the grasslands of Eastern and Central Oregon became available for …
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Central Oregon Sheepherders
This photograph depicts a group of sheepherders in Central Oregon during the latter decades of the nineteenth century.
In the years following the Civil War, …
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Central Point
Central Point is located about thirteen miles south of Table Rocks in the Rogue River/Bear Creek Valley. The town was named in …
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Central School
Civic leaders demonstrated their commitment to an educated populace by opening Central School, shown here in 1858, and located originally at Southwest Sixth and Morrison. …
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Central Vista, Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo
The 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition was the West Coast’s first worlds fair. This central vista shows the Foreign Exhibits Building on the left, and the …
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Centro Cultural de Washington County
Centro Cultural de Washington County is an educational and cultural center in Cornelius that offers aid and other services to Latinos. During World War II, …
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