A hundred years ago, many birds carried the name of “Oregon,” including Oregon Jays, Oregon Chickadees, Oregon Titmice, and Oregon Towhees. One by one, those …

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During the summer of 1905, while visitors enjoyed the amusements of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, one of the most sensational trials in …

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In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed John B. Preston as Oregon Territory's first surveyor general. Preston arrived in the territory in 1851; and by the …

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The first literature of Oregon followed patterns typical of most other regions of the United States. From the earliest Indian stories to the romantic novels and …

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The joint appearance in 1927 of the controversial pamphlet Status Rerum by writers H.L. Davis and James Stevens and the new regional magazine Frontier edited …

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“The Oregon Literature Series is a national model,” wrote John Frohnmayer, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. A project of the Oregon Council …

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  The Oregon Maneuver, held in central Oregon from September 13 to November 8, 1943, was the largest military training exercise ever held in the …

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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is Oregon's largest center of informal science education. Consisting of five exhibit halls, eight science labs, a …

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Oregon is unusual. In 2009, the musical ensemble named Oregon is approaching its fortieth year of concertizing, primarily in Europe. When trying to account for …

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Established in 1998 by the nonprofit Oregon Nikkei Endowment, the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (ONLC) is a museum about Oregon's Japanese Americans. The museum's mission …

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