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  • William Appleman Williams (1921–1990)

    William Appleman Williams was a prominent radical historian and a leading figure in what was called the revisionist school of historiography. While on the faculty …

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  • William B. Smullin (1907-1995)

    William Brothers Smullin pioneered the first television stations in southern Oregon and northern California, building them into a broad, regional media presence that helped shape …

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  • William Bernard Milbury (1872-1916)

    William Bernard Milbury was the first federal forest ranger in western Curry and southwest Coos Counties when he was hired to work the Port Orford …

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  • William Brown (1828?–1889)

    William Brown was a respected and influential citizen in Portland's early Black community. A staunch advocate of equal education for all children, he played …

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  • William Byrd Festival

    The William Byrd Festival began as the brainchild of two men: Dean Applegate, founder and director of Cantores in Ecclesia (a Portland choir established in …

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  • William Cameron McKay (1824–1893)

    Dr. William Cameron McKay [mə kī´] lived his entire life on the lower and middle Columbia River, save for five years spent pursuing an …

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  • William Christmas Knighton (1867-1938)

    William Christmas Knighton, a prolific and innovative architect, served as Oregon’s first and only State Architect from 1911 to 1915. His career spanned fifty years, …

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  • William Clark (1770-1838)

    William Clark is indelibly connected to Oregon in many ways, some obvious and direct, such as his co-leadership of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in …

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  • William Corbin (1916-1999)

    William Corbin McGraw and Eloise Jarvis McGraw, husband and wife, were award-winning Oregon authors of children and young adult books. Corbin was born in …

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  • William Cusick (1842-1922)

    William Cusick was a Northwest pioneer botanist who contributed enormously to the early knowledge of Oregon's flora. Cusick's particular area of exploration was the Wallowa-Blue …

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