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In all of American history, only two states have been formed from older states that were already admitted to the Union: Maine (from Massachusetts, in 1820) and West …
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Tecumtum, whose name means Elk Killer, was the principal chief of the Etch-ka-taw-wah band of Athabaskan Indians during the Rogue River War in the mid-1850s. …
The Oregon Coast is a sliver of land between the mountains and the sea, almost three hundred miles long and an average of about fifty …
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With a stable state and federal government and a growing population, Oregon boasted more and grander public buildings. The iconic state capitol in Salem designed …
/media-collections/29/ The arrival of Euro-Americans in southwest Oregon shattered Native societies. After brief but brutal warfare broke out between Natives and settlers in the Rogue …
Oregon's most famous sailing ship was the Western Shore, the only clipper ever built in the state. Captain Asa Meade Simpson and his brother, Captain …
William Green T’Vault had a wide-ranging career in early Oregon. A truculent and controversial political figure during the territorial and Civil War periods, T'Vault (pronounced …
Only a few places in the Beaver State are named in reference to California, and Oregon Caves is one of them. Its earlier moniker, the …
Located at the mouth of the Coquille River in Coos County, Oregon, Bandon is on the south side of the harbor and on headlands above …
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