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Joel Palmer (1810–1881)
Joel Palmer spent just over half of his life in Oregon. He first saw the Oregon Country from a wagon in 1845 and spent three …
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Joe Sacco (1960–)
Portland cartoonist Joe Sacco tells personal stories of the victims of contemporary and historical struggles by applying the artistic and literary conventions of comics to …
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John A. Brown (1830?–1903)
John Brown Canyon heads on Agency Plains, seven miles north of Madras, Oregon, and descends west about three miles into the main canyon of …
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John and Helen Moore House
The John A. and Helen Moore House is one of the earliest houses built in present-day Sherman County and the only Italianate-style residence in the …
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John Bain (1957-)
John Bain, a Portland-area youth soccer coach, spent many years in Oregon as a player for the Portland Timbers and as a coach of professional, …
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John Ball (1794-1884)
John Ball spent just one of his eighty-nine years in Oregon but has been widely recognized as the first school teacher in the Oregon Country. …
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John Baptiste Horner (1856–1933)
John Baptiste Horner was a faculty member at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) from 1891 to 1933. While he taught several subjects, …
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John Beeson (1803-1889)
John Beeson had been in Oregon only three years, but his outrage at the treatment of Native Americans by whites led him to become a …
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John Box Hoskins (1768–1824)
John Box Hoskins served as a clerk on the Columbia Rediviva, captained by Robert Gray, during a voyage to the Pacific Northwest from 1790 …
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John B. Waldo (1844-1907)
John Breckenridge Waldo was the first Oregon Supreme Court chief justice born in the state. He may be best known as an outdoorsman and proponent …
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