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  • Fr. Adrien Croquet (1818-1902)

    Father Adrien-Joseph Croquet (pronounced “Crockett” locally) arrived in Oregon in 1859 from Belgium. Throughout his time in Oregon, he maintained an eclectic missionary lifestyle, traveling …

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  • Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902)

    In 1869, the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine featured "Manifest Destiny in the West," by acclaimed eastern novelist and Oregon immigrant Frances Fuller Victor. …

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  • Frances J. Storrs (1939-)

    Frances Storrs, an acclaimed physician and dermatologist, helped clear the path for generations of women physicians in Oregon and throughout the nation. When Storrs accepted …

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  • Francis J. Heney (1859-1937)

    Francis Joseph Heney was a California lawyer, judge, and politician during the Progressive era. He was the chief prosecutor of the Oregon Land Fraud trials …

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  • Francis J. Murnane (1914–1968)

    Francis J. Murnane was a longshoreman, labor leader, writer, and preservationist. He was described in his obituary as the “cultural and historical conscience of Portland …

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  • Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975)

    Portland architect Marion Stokes designed residential and government buildings in Oregon for more than fifty years, beginning in the early twentieth century. The St. Johns …

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  • Francis Pettygrove (1812-1887)

    Entrepreneur and Portland co-founder Francis W. Pettygrove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. After being educated in his home town, Pettygrove entered into a …

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  • Francois Blanchet (1795-1883)

    François Norbert Blanchet arrived in Oregon in November 1838 as vicar general to the diverse Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest, the French Canadians, the …

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  • Frank Chamberlin Clark (1872–1957)

    Frank Clark practiced architecture for more than forty years in southwest Oregon’s Jackson and Josephine Counties. Prolific in output, he employed a variety of styles …

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  • Frank Hachiya (1920-1945)

    The name Frank T. Hachiya will forever be linked to Oregon’s Hood River Valley, a setting hostile to returning Japanese American servicemen and families at …

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3227 results

  • Fr. Adrien Croquet (1818-1902)

    Father Adrien-Joseph Croquet (pronounced “Crockett” locally) arrived in Oregon in 1859 from Belgium. Throughout his time in Oregon, he maintained an eclectic missionary lifestyle, traveling …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902)

    In 1869, the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine featured "Manifest Destiny in the West," by acclaimed eastern novelist and Oregon immigrant Frances Fuller Victor. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Frances J. Storrs (1939-)

    Frances Storrs, an acclaimed physician and dermatologist, helped clear the path for generations of women physicians in Oregon and throughout the nation. When Storrs accepted …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Francis J. Heney (1859-1937)

    Francis Joseph Heney was a California lawyer, judge, and politician during the Progressive era. He was the chief prosecutor of the Oregon Land Fraud trials …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Francis J. Murnane (1914–1968)

    Francis J. Murnane was a longshoreman, labor leader, writer, and preservationist. He was described in his obituary as the “cultural and historical conscience of Portland …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975)

    Portland architect Marion Stokes designed residential and government buildings in Oregon for more than fifty years, beginning in the early twentieth century. The St. Johns …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Francis Pettygrove (1812-1887)

    Entrepreneur and Portland co-founder Francis W. Pettygrove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. After being educated in his home town, Pettygrove entered into a …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Francois Blanchet (1795-1883)

    François Norbert Blanchet arrived in Oregon in November 1838 as vicar general to the diverse Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest, the French Canadians, the …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Frank Chamberlin Clark (1872–1957)

    Frank Clark practiced architecture for more than forty years in southwest Oregon’s Jackson and Josephine Counties. Prolific in output, he employed a variety of styles …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Frank Hachiya (1920-1945)

    The name Frank T. Hachiya will forever be linked to Oregon’s Hood River Valley, a setting hostile to returning Japanese American servicemen and families at …

    Oregon Encyclopedia