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Grace Phelps (1871-1952)
In 1909, Grace Phelps began an activist career that would define her significant contributions to Oregon nursing. Portland attorney Sylvanus Kingsley, her brother-in-law, would later …
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Grace Wick (1888-1958)
Grace Wick was a political gadfly in Portland, where she was an activist against the New Deal. While she had once been involved in …
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Grande Ronde Massacre, 1856
On July 17, 1856, Washington Territory volunteer soldiers, under the command of Col. Benjamin F. Shaw, swept through a summer village of Walla Walla, …
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a nonprofit organization that provides service dogs to the blind, with schools in Boring, Oregon, and San Rafael, California. …
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Hattie Bratzel Kremen (1908–1996)
Hattie Bratzel Kremen was Oregon’s first elected female district attorney. She was one of two women to serve as a district attorney in Oregon until …
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Hawaiians in the Oregon Country
Native Hawaiians were among the earliest outsiders in present-day Oregon. The future state’s first resource to be exploited by outsiders was animal pelts, highly valued …
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Helen Jackson Frye (1930–2011)
Helen J. Frye was the first woman to serve as a judge of the Lane County Circuit Court and the first woman appointed to the …
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Hinson Memorial Baptist Church
The year was 1857, two years before Oregon statehood, when a group of citizens met at the home of merchant Josiah Failing, later mayor …
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Iranians in Oregon
Between 10,000 and 15,000 people of Iranian heritage live in Oregon; of those, 3,000 to 4,000 residents were born in Iran. Most Iranian Americans in …
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Jantzen
The history of Jantzen is in many ways the history of swimwear. In 1910, John A. Zehntbauer, Carl C. Jantzen, and C.R. Zehntbauer founded the …
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