Portland Railway Light & Power (PRLP) was created in 1906 through the consolidation of nearly every transportation and power generation utility between Vancouver, Washington, and …

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Portland Taiko draws upon the tradition of Japanese ensemble drumming (taiko, drum), combined with a sense of Asian American identity and ethnic pride. …

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The Portland Women’s Union was the first all-women volunteer organization in the state of Oregon. Its primary mission was to provide a safe and respectable …

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Since its incorporation in July 1933, the Port of Hood River gradually has transformed its waterfront holdings from natural resource operations (lumber and fruit) to …

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For more than thirty years, Russell Sadler’s commentaries were heard on radio and television stations across Oregon, southwest Washington, and northern California. His weekly columns …

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The Manila Galleon Trade and the Wreck on the Oregon Coast Nehalem-Tillamook and Clatsop peoples, and later EuroAmerican explorers and settlers of what is …

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The Swedes were at one time one of the largest immigrant groups in Oregon. Between 1850 and 1940, only Canada and Germany had more immigrants …

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The Dude Ranch was Portland’s premier jazz venue in the days just after World War II, when jazz clubs proliferated along North Williams Avenue, …

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Thomas Lamb Eliot was one of the most influential clergymen in the history of Oregon. He is an excellent example of the Social Gospel movement …

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The Portland Metro area rests on traditional village sites of Native peoples. These include those of Chinookan-speaking (or Kiksht-speaking) peoples, such as the Multnomah, Cascade, …

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