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  • Dalles of the Columbia, 1805

    This roughly sketched map labeled Dalles of the Columbia, with camps of October 26-28, 1805, depicts the area from Celilo Falls downstream to the …

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  • Damon Knight (1922-2002)

    In an episode of the Twilight Zone, a domed, nine-foot-tall alien race arrives on Earth to promote exchanges with its planet. Humans are skeptical …

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  • Dams and the Onset of the Modern Age

    If there is a significant moment that marks the onset of the modern age, it may be August 6, 1945, the day an American B-29, …

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  • Dan and Louis Oyster Bar

    Dan and Louis Oyster Bar is a family-owned seafood restaurant that has operated at the same location in downtown Portland for over a century. Known …

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  • Dan Deuel (1946-2006)

    Dan Deuel was the founder of Free Flight, an all-volunteer bird and marine wildlife rehabilitation program in Bandon, Oregon, that was responsible for saving …

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  • Daniela Naomi Molnar (1979–)

    Oregon artist Daniela Naomi Molnar pioneered the notion that art can speak to climate change. A former art director at Scientific American, Bear …

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  • Daniel Christian III House

    Built in about 1855, the simple and unassuming Daniel and Catherine Christian House is the oldest remaining residence in Eugene and one of the city’s …

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  • Daniel Drew (1843–1923)

    Daniel Drew was a civic and religious figure in the Willamette Valley from 1901 until his death in 1923. Throughout Drew’s time in Oregon, only …

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  • Daniel Francis Fouts (1951-)

    Among quarterback recruits for college and professional football, Dan Fouts, a relatively unknown high school player that no other team wanted, was an unlikely choice. …

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  • Daniel Lownsdale (1803–1862)

    Daniel H. Lownsdale was an early Portland townsite settler who served in the Provisional Government legislature. As a real-estate investor, he owned much of the …

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