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Tom McCall's Re-election
Oregon GovernorTom McCall issued this eight-page press release in early September, 1970, during his successful re-election campaign. This is the first page of that statement. …
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Whitman Murders Trial
On November 29, 1847, Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and twelve others were killed by members of the Waiilatpu band of the Cayuse Indian …
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Willamette National Forest
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The Willamette National Forest stretches along the western slope of Oregon’s Cascade Range, from Mount Jefferson south to Windigo Pass near Diamond Lake. …
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Willamette Valley
The Willamette Valley, bounded on the west by the Coast Range and on the east by the Cascades, is the largest river valley in …
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14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared that the federal government would guarantee the rights of citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in …
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Adams High School
John Adams High School opened its doors in 1969 for Portland students who lived in the Jefferson, Grant, and Madison high school attendance areas. The …
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Advertisement, Vote 314x Yes
This paid advertisement in support of the Oregon Compulsory Education Bill appeared in many newspapers across the state in the weeks prior to the 1922 …
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A Framework for Learning
The non-Indian educational systems in the Pacific Northwest began with the Hudson’s Bay Company and New Englander John Ball, who taught the children of fur …
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Alameda neighborhood
Alameda is a neighborhood in northeast Portland, platted in 1909 by developers and marketed as an exclusive district. The early restrictions banned all but …
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A Land and Its People
Southwestern Oregon stretches from the high Cascades west to the Pacific Ocean, and from the California state line north to the Coquille River. Two principal …
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