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![Carol Menken-Schaudt (1957–)]()
Carol Menken-Schaudt (1957–)
Carol Menken came to Oregon State University to study broadcasting, gra…
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![Charles Cutter, aka Chief Eagle Horse (1878–1938)]()
Charles Cutter, aka Chief Eagle Horse (1878–1938)
Charles Cutter, whose Tlingit name was Dockh-hoh-kharckh, was an actor …
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![Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907)]()
Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907)
Cleveland Rockwell was a topographical engineer, cartographer, and arti…
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![Jim Hibbard (1936–2022)]()
Jim Hibbard (1936–2022)
Jim Hibbard was a principal founder of Blackfish Gallery, the first coo…
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![Joaquin "Chino" Berdugo (1850-1931)]()
Joaquin "Chino" Berdugo (1850-1931)
Joaquin “Chino” Berdugo was a prominent vaquero leader and stockman in …
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![Linnton Plywood Mill]()
Linnton Plywood Mill
The Linnton Plywood Association (LPA) was a cooperative worker-owned mi…
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![Lisa Malinowski Steinman (1950–)]()
Lisa Malinowski Steinman (1950–)
Lisa M. Steinman writes “to make sense of myself and the world,” she to…
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![Margaret Comstock Snell (1843–1923)]()
Margaret Comstock Snell (1843–1923)
Margaret Comstock Snell was a pioneering domestic scientist who in 1889…
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![Marion Sayle Taylor (1889–1942)]()
Marion Sayle Taylor (1889–1942)
Marion Sayle Taylor was the Voice of Experience, a radio personality wh…
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![Modoc Tribe]()
Modoc Tribe
The Modoc are a thriving Indigenous people who live predominantly in no…
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![Obukan Judo Dojo]()
Obukan Judo Dojo
Obukan Judo, the oldest dōjō in Oregon, has had a presence in Portland …
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![Richard Steiner (1901–1975)]()
Richard Steiner (1901–1975)
Richard Steiner was the senior minister of the First Unitarian Church i…
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![Rocky Butte]()
Rocky Butte
Rocky Butte is a 612-foot-high extinct cinder cone volcano in Portland,…
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![Santiago Ventura Morales Exoneration Case]()
Santiago Ventura Morales Exoneration Case
In 1986, Mixtec farmworker Santiago Ventura Morales was wrongfully conv…
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![Seneca]()
Seneca
Seneca is a small town in Bear Valley near the Blue Mountains and the M…
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![Walter Alan Curtis (1941–2023)]()
Walter Alan Curtis (1941–2023)
Walt Curtis was an Oregon writer, painter, and literary activist and—in…
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![William "Bill" Bradbury (1949-2023)]()
William "Bill" Bradbury (1949-2023)
William “Bill” Chapman Bradbury III served in Oregon politics and publi…
