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  • Sarah Ann Shannon Evans (1854-1940)

    Sarah A. Evans epitomized the characteristics of clubwomen of the United States from the 1890s to World War II. A leader in Oregon reform efforts, …

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  • Sea Serpent Lore

    Sea serpent (or monster) lore has been a staple of Oregon’s coastal culture since at least the 1930s, when newspapers reported the sighting of an …

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  • Sheridan

    The South Yamhill River divides the city of Sheridan, a town of about 4,640 people in Yamhill County. In 1847, Absolom “Ab” Faulconer settled on …

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  • Sherman County Courthouse

    The Sherman County Courthouse in Moro is one of only three county courthouses in Oregon to be used continuously since its construction in the nineteenth …

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  • Silverton

    The city of Silverton was established where Silver Creek flows northwest out of the foothills of the Cascades and enters the Willamette Valley at the …

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  • Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

    Early in January 1844, six Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) departed Antwerp aboard L'Infatigable bound for the Oregon Country. After a long journey …

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  • Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

    The Holy Names of Jesus and Mary is a Roman Catholic women's religious congregation established in accordance with Church law at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, in …

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  • Southern Pacific Red Electric Lines

    Oregon gained a distinction in 1912 when the Southern Pacific Railroad became one of the few railroads in the nation to convert branch steam railroad …

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  • State Library of Oregon

    Since 1905, the State Library of Oregon in Salem has worked to develop library services for all Oregonians. The library also serves as the library …

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  • Table Rock Treaty of 1853

    The Council of Table Rock brought a temporary peace between Indigenous residents of the Rogue River Valley and the American settlers that had swarmed into …

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