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Jacob Avshalomov (1919-2013)
Conductor and composer Jacob Avshalomov, leader of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra for forty-one years, was a singular influence in the lives of over four …
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Jacob S. Conser (1818-1893)
In August 1933, state authorities unveiled a plaque at the dedication of a new Conde McCullough-designed bridge on State Highway 164, spanning the Santiam …
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Jacqueline Schumacher (1920-2019)
Jacqueline Martin Schumacher, a ballerina and choreographer of ballet and musical theater, danced the Swan Queen in the first full-length Swan Lake in America. For …
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James Beard (1903-1985)
Known as the Dean of American Cookery, James Beard hosted the first cooking program in the history of television. The author of twenty-two cookbooks and …
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James C. Hawthorne (1819-1881)
James C. Hawthorne was a well-known doctor in the mid-nineteenth century whose name served as euphemism for insanity in the popular press. An early settler …
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James Cook (1728-1779)
In the lower right-hand corner of his magnificent Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 …
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James DePreist (1936-2013)
In 1977, while music director of L'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, James DePreist made a memorable debut with the Oregon Symphony in Portland and Salem in …
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James Douglas (1803-1877) in Oregon
James Douglas had a long connection to the Oregon Country. As an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), he lived at Fort St. James …
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James Douglas McKay (1893-1959)
Douglas McKay, a conservative Republican, was governor of Oregon from 1949 through 1952 and U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1953 to 1956. An affable …
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James D. Saules (1806?-1850s)
James D. Saules was a black American sailor and musician who arrived in Oregon in 1841 as part of the U.S. Exploring Expedition. He …
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