The town of Culver, north of Haystack Butte in south-central Jefferson County, had its beginings as Perryville in the 1880s. It was named after Perry …

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Cutler City, the southernmost neighborhood of Lincoln City on the Oregon coast, was established in the early twentieth century as an independent townsite on land …

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In 1987, Jim Beaver, an Ashland innkeeper, imagined a long-distance bicycle tour to bring visitors to southern Oregon. The result was a week-long ride from …

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Cyrus James “Cy” Bingham, an early U.S. forest ranger, served in Oregon’s Cascade Range from 1903 to 1920, the years when the forest reserves administered …

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The wreck of the Czarina is remembered as a tragedy that had no heroes, no villains, and no hope. The iron-hulled steamship, which weighed 1,045 …

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Perhaps the most accomplished baseball player born in Oregon, Dale Murphy is noted both for his award-winning skills and his positive public image. Born in …

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In an episode of the Twilight Zone, a domed, nine-foot-tall alien race arrives on Earth to promote exchanges with its planet. Humans are skeptical …

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Built in about 1855, the simple and unassuming Daniel and Catherine Christian House is the oldest remaining residence in Eugene and one of the city’s …

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Among quarterback recruits for college and professional football, Dan Fouts, a relatively unknown high school player that no other team wanted, was an unlikely choice. …

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Daniel H. Lownsdale was an early Portland townsite settler who served in the Provisional Government legislature. As a real-estate investor, he owned much of the …

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