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The Advocate
From 1903 until about 1938, the Advocate recorded incidents of racism and discrimination in restaurants, jobs, and theaters and demanded civil rights for Oregon’s two …
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The Arts Center
The Arts Center had its beginnings in the late 1950s, when a friend handed Marion Gathercoal A Survey of Arts Councils. Gathercoal was president …
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The Beach Patrol in Oregon, U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1944
The Beach Patrol in Oregon, which kept watch over the Oregon coastline during World War II, was part of the national Beach Patrol that monitored …
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The Blob: Impacts of the 2013-2016 Marine Heatwave on Oregon
From December 2013 to August 2016, the northeast Pacific Ocean experienced a severe marine heatwave, or warm water event, known as the Blob. Like all …
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The Bohemians
Singing was an avocation of members of The Bohemians, a male a cappella singing group that performed in Oregon from 1954 to 1962. The singers—who …
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The Bomber Restaurant and Catering
When Art Lacey, a young pilot and gasoline station owner, envisioned combining his two passions into a business, people questioned his sanity. The Bomber, located …
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The Dalles
The Dalles is one of the oldest permanently occupied places in Oregon, significant to Native people for over ten millennia and to Euro-American settlers since …
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The Dalles Civic Auditorium and Veterans Memorial
On April 7, 1922, four years after the armistice ended World War I, an emotional crowd packed into The Dalles Civic Auditorium and Veterans Memorial …
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The Dalles Dam
The United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed The Dalles Dam between 1952 and 1957. The dam was a significant part of the federal government's …
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The Dude Ranch
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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