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Daiichi Takeoka (1882–1954)
Seventeen-year-old Daiichi Takeoka arrived in Portland in 1900 with a l…
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DeAutremont Brothers Train Hold-up at Tunnel 13
The most famous train holdup in Oregon was a ham-fisted disaster. On Oc…
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Fort Rock (town)
The town of Fort Rock is an unincorporated community in northern Lake C…
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Gerald Wendel “Gerry” Frank (1923–2022)
In 2000, Governor John Kitzhaber named Gerry W. Frank Oregon’s Premier …
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Native American Tobacco Use and Cultivation in Western North America
Tobacco is native to the Americas, including in the Pacific Northwest, …
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Reinhard G. Pauly (1920–2019)
Reinhard Pauly was a scholar, writer, and performer and a longtime prof…
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Warner Valley
Warner Valley, in southeastern Oregon, is a place of expansive and unsp…
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Yachats
Yachats (pronounced YAH-hots) is a small resort town on the northern fl…