Oliver Matthews, who was born on March 24, 1892, was a classic nineteenth-century botanizer who was fanatically devoted to the study of Oregon's trees. The …

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Early Filmmaking in Oregon Motion pictures debuted in Oregon in 1894 when a kinetoscope arrived in Portland. The innovative technology allowed boxing matches, vaudeville …

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Oregonians struggling to maintain public access to Pacific Ocean beaches won a decisive battle in 1967 with the passage of legislation commonly known as the …

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The Oregon Citizens Alliance was a conservative activist group and political action committee that rose to prominence in the late 1980s as part of a …

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Oregon City was the first incorporated city west of the Rocky Mountains and a main terminus of the Oregon Trail. Its historic center is …

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The Oregon legislature created the Oregon Global Warming Commission in 2007 to respond to climate change by tracking trends in greenhouse gas emissions “over the …

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The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) serves as a professional organization of registered nurses and as a collective bargaining agent for its members. ONA is part …

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The Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association Inc. (OOTFA) is a nonprofit organization established "to promote, preserve and perpetuate Old Time Fiddling and Old Time music." …

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The Oregon Rangers, an organized militia based in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, was the first nonindigenous armed force in the Pacific Northwest. The Provisional Government …

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Among capitol buildings in the United States, the Oregon State Capitol in Salem is a landmark of Modernistic design. Like most other statehouses, it was …

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