Flood and fire have shaped southwest Oregon in both damaging and beneficial ways. Periodic flooding typically occurred when warm, heavy rains and snowpack combined in …

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This pamphlet, “Floor Plan Elevation and Description of Building for Willamette Tribe No. 6 Improved Order of Red Men,” was created in 1919 to …

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Flora Cushinway Thompson (enrolled Warm Springs) was a spiritual and community leader who lived at Celilo Village on the mid-Columbia River. An accomplished …

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Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an ornithologist and nature writer whose fieldwork contributed significantly to the knowledge of the birds of Oregon. Best known for  …

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On November 9, 1970, a forty-five-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence on Oregon's south coast. In addition to the stench and the …

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Architect Folger Johnson contributed to the cultural vitality of Portland and other communities in Oregon through his designs of houses and civic buildings and his …

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Aarne, Anti, and Stith Thompson. The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communication No. 180. Helsinki, Finland: Academic Scientarum Fennica, …

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During the late summer of 1910, a searing drought combined with high-velocity August windstorms to create a fiery holocaust in the forests of the Pacific …

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Forest Grove is a city of approximately 26,225 residents located in the Tualatin Valley in central Washington County. The area was first populated by the …

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In 1906, E. W. Haines, an Oregon state senator and banker, led the Forest Grove Transportation Company’s efforts to construct a streetcar line between downtown …

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