The coastal town of Gearhart, with a 2021 population of 1,793, faces the Pacific Ocean on the north shore of the Necanicum River estuary, opposite …

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Geocaching is a high-tech version of the classic scavenger hunt in which the entire planet serves as the playing field. The activity was created in …

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George Abernethy cut a wide swath through Oregon's religious, economic, and political life from his arrival in 1840 until his death in 1877. Born in …

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The Reverend George Henry Atkinson arrived in Oregon in 1848 as a representative of the American Home Missionary Society, an organization sponsored by Congregational churches. …

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George Bush, sometimes named as George Washington Bush in the historical record, was born c. 1790 in Pennsylvania. His father was Black, likely a sailor …

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Largely because of his reputation as a scrupulously honest attorney general, Democrat George Earle Chamberlain was elected Oregon governor in 1902 with a slim majority …

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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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Although best known as a champion boxer from Texas, George Foreman remembered the six months he spent in Oregon while a teenager as “the beginning …

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As a young man in 1849, George Flavel made his way to Astoria after a stint as captain of the brig John Petty. He sailed …

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George Fox University’s roots reach to 1885 and the founding in what is now Newberg of Friends Pacific Academy, with future President Herbert Hoover one …

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