Forest Park is a unique and impressive recreational and scenic area established in Portland as a city park in 1948. The park covers 5,170 forested …

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During the Civil War era, tens of thousands of people immigrated to the Pacific Northwest. While they avoided the war, they faced conflict with Native …

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Fort Rock is a volcanic citadel at the western end of the Fort Rock Valley of central Oregon, its cliffs rising nearly 260 feet (ft.). …

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The town of Fossil is the county seat of Wheeler County and the cultural and economic piston for a large geographical area. The town comes …

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The Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario is a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the history of the western Treasure Valley. “Four Rivers” refers to …

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Entrepreneur and Portland co-founder Francis W. Pettygrove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. After being educated in his home town, Pettygrove entered into a …

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The name Frank T. Hachiya will forever be linked to Oregon’s Hood River Valley, a setting hostile to returning Japanese American servicemen and families at …

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Fred Lockley was a newspaper columnist, a rare book dealer, and the author of books on Oregon and Pacific Northwest history. He was born March …

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The Oregon Coast is replete with promontory capes, haystack rocks, inlets and coves, and large bays. George Davidson, a geodesist and hydrographer with the United …

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The highest-ranking officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in North America, Sir George Simpson, was a talented administrative martinet who was indefatigable, ambitious, and revenue-driven. …

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