Stephen Puter was the self-described King of the Oregon Land Fraud Ring, whose cooperation with federal investigators led to the indictment and conviction of U.S. …

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An adventurer who took risks in life and in business, Steve McCarthy was an entrepreneur, an attorney, an activist, and the founder of Clear Creek …

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Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, one of the most significant American Jewish leaders of the twentieth century, served Portland’s Congregation Beth Israel from 1900 to …

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Sterlingville was a mining boomtown at the headwaters of Sterling Creek, about seven miles south of what is now Jacksonville, Oregon. The town was named …

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For Steve Prefontaine, running was a way to find confidence, a way to stand out and to prove himself. It was also an art form. …

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From Oregonian Stewart Holbrook's first book through his three dozen later volumes, he made clear that he was not writing academic history. His aim was …

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St. Francis of Assisi, established in 1875, was the first Catholic church in East Portland. It was colloquially known as the “mother of churches” …

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St. Helens is a Columbia River town located eighty-six river miles from the Pacific Ocean. The Columbia County seat since 1857, the city is at …

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St. John the Apostle, a Roman Catholic parish in Oregon City, was founded in 1844, more than a decade before Oregon attained statehood. One …

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St. Mary’s Academy in downtown Portland is a Roman Catholic high school directed by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. …

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