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Fort Rock Cave
Fort Rock Cave is located in a small volcanic butte approximately half a mile west of the Fort Rock volcanic crater in northern Lake County. …
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Fort Rock Sandals
Fort Rock sandals are a distinctive type of ancient fiber footwear found in southeast Oregon and northern Nevada. Named by archaeologist Luther Cressman, who …
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Fort Stevens
One of the three major forts designed to protect the mouth of the Columbia River, Fort Stevens was constructed on the Oregon side of the …
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Fort Umpqua (HBC fort, 1836-1853)
Fort Umpqua was a small but important post in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur-trade empire in the Oregon Country. The farthest south of the company’s …
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Fort Vancouver (essay)
Fort Vancouver, a British fur trading post built in 1824 to optimize the Hudson’s Bay Company’s operations in the Oregon Country, was the headquarters and …
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Fort Yamhill Blockhouse
The Fort Yamhill Blockhouse is one of the few architectural remnants from the era of wars and treaties with Native people in western Oregon, from …
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Fossil
The town of Fossil is the county seat of Wheeler County and the cultural and economic piston for a large geographical area. The town comes …
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Fossil Lake
A small, sandy playa in central Oregon's Fort Rock Basin, Fossil Lake is one of the nation's most significant fossil sites, with fossils ranging from …
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Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum
The Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario is a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the history of the western Treasure Valley. “Four Rivers” refers to …
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Fr. Adrien Croquet (1818-1902)
Father Adrien-Joseph Croquet (pronounced “Crockett” locally) arrived in Oregon in 1859 from Belgium. Throughout his time in Oregon, he maintained an eclectic missionary lifestyle, traveling …
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