Of all the bridges engineer Conde B. McCullough designed, the one on Highway 101 that spans Coos Bay was his favorite. This impressive bridge was …

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The City of Condon, the county seat of Gilliam County, is located in north-central Oregon about seventy miles southeast of The Dalles. Miles of …

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The lecture reproduced above was published in the Oregonian on February 17, 1883. Titled “Development Theory,” it was presented by Dr. Thomas Condon (1822-1907), Oregon’s …

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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon is a confederation of over twenty-seven tribes and bands from western Oregon, southern Washington, and northern …

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This excerpt from the journal of Meriwether Lewis describes a fatal conflict between members of the Corps of Discovery and a group of Piegans on …

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Founded in Portland in 1916, Ahavath Achim was the first Sephardic Jewish congregation in Oregon. The earliest members of the congregation came to Oregon from …

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Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) is the oldest and most prominent Jewish Reform congregation in Oregon. Temple Beth Israel, the congregation's home on Northwest Flanders Street …

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Congregation Neveh Shalom is the name of both a synagogue and the congregation that holds services and celebrations there. As of 2009, it was the …

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Shaarie Torah is the name of both a synagogue in northwest Portland and the Jewish congregation that makes its spiritual home there. In Hebrew, shaarie …

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Although Oregon Governor Charles Henry Martin (1935-1939) is best known for his role as a staunch  anti-labor and anti-unionist, he also played a fundamental role …

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