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Sitka spruce
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is also known as the coast or tidewater spruce. Its common name, Sitka, reflects the place of its Alaskan …
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Sitkum and Brewster Valley
Seen from a ridge top, the green fields of Sitkum spread out like the placid surface of a lake. In fact, the valley floor once …
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Sk'in
Sk’in was a significant Native American settlement located on the north side of Celilo Falls near the present town of Wishram, Washington. Its name—the Columbia …
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Skunk Cabbage
Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), which grows in mucky soils and marshes from northern California to Alaska, is one of the few members of the …
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Smith Rock State Park
Smith Rock State Park encompasses 652 acres near Redmond and Terrebonne, in the semi-arid High Desert of central Oregon. This landscape of rock spires, cliffs, …
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Smudgepot
Commercial orchards were first planted in Oregon in the 1860s. When orchardists first experienced crop loss due to frost, they quickly developed a way to …
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Snake River
The Snake River has its headwaters at an elevation of 8,200 feet on the Two Ocean Plateau, in the icy highlands of the Continental Divide …
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Socialism in Oregon
When Postmaster General James Farley jokingly toasted the " Soviet of Washington" in 1936, he included Oregon among the remaining "47 states" for good reason: …
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Socialist Party of Oregon
The Socialist Party of Oregon was founded in 1901, at the same time as the Socialist Party of America. The national party was the result …
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Socrates Tryon (1816-1855)
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon lived in Vermont, Iowa, and Hawaii before coming to Oregon in 1849. He settled on land located between Portland and Oregon City …
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