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Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Sometime in the future, the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Island, and northern California, will experience a devastating earthquake as large as magnitude 9—the …
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East Indians of Oregon and the Ghadar Party
In the early twentieth century, five to six hundred men and one family of East Indians lived along the Columbia River, from The Dalles to …
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Ebbert T. (Bert) Webber (1921-2006)
Bert Webber called himself a research photojournalist. It is an apt description for a writer who was equal parts historian, journalist, and librarian.
Ebbert True …
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Echo
The town of Echo, in Umatilla County, is located at the historic crossroads of Indian trails and the Oregon Trail on the Umatilla River. In the …
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Ecola State Park
Ecola State Park stretches for 1,023 acres from the north end of Cannon Beach to Seaside on Oregon’s north coast. The park encompasses hulking Tillamook …
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Eddie Wied (1925 - 2007)
Known as “the Professor,” jazz pianist Eddie Wied was an influential teacher and exemplary player during the years he lived in Portland. His work as …
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Edison Chiloquin (1923-2003)
Edison Chiloquin earned international attention in 1974 when he refused to accept a $273,000 payment from the federal government as compensation for terminating the Klamath …
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Edison Marshall (1894-1967)
Edison Marshall was a nationally known author and adventurer who once told Grit magazine: "I went after the two big prizes, fame and fortune, and …
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Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987)
Democrat Edith Starrett Green represented Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District from 1955 through 1974. During her twenty years in the U.S. House of Representatives, she gained …
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Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ Church
In 1903, Edmund Creffield, a thirty-three-year-old German immigrant and former Salvation Army captain, persuaded about twenty Salvation Army soldiers in Corvallis to join his church, …
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