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Umatilla Army Depot
In 1940, the U.S. Army identified twenty thousand acres straddling the Umatilla and Morrow county line, eight miles west of Hermiston, as the site …
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University of Portland
"Founded on a bluff and run on that principle," as historian Jim Covert writes, the University of Portland was born on the morning of September …
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Vanport
In its short history, from 1942 to 1948, Vanport was the nation’s largest wartime housing development, a site for social innovation, a lightning rod for …
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Vanport Extension Center
The Vanport Extension Center grew from a converted shopping mall and recreation center in the World War II city of Vanport into Portland State University …
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Voyageurs
In the history of the North American fur trade, only the mountain man rivals the voyageur in myth, romance, and folklore. Beyond the singing, …
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Western Seminary
Western Baptist Theological Seminary had its beginnings in 1925 as the Portland Baptist Bible Institute through the efforts of Portland pastor Walter B. Hinson. Within …
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Willamette University
Willamette University, the oldest university in the West, was founded in 1842. Located in Salem, the university had its origins in a school for …
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Yaquina Bay Oyster War
Yaquina Bay, an estuary on the central Oregon Coast, was once home to the famed Olympia oyster. The two-and-a-half to three-inch delicacies, prized by the …
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Abner Hunt "A. H." Francis (c. 1812–1872) and Isaac "I. B." Francis (1798-1856)
A. H. Francis, a free Black, was a merchant and activist who in 1851 opened, with his brother I. B. Francis, what became a leading …
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Ada Hastings Hedges (1883-1980)
Ada Hastings Hedges, poetry editor Borghild Lee wrote in the March 14, 1926, Oregon Journal, “is an exquisite artist…one of the most finished poets …
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