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John and Helen Moore House
The John A. and Helen Moore House is one of the earliest houses built in present-day Sherman County and the only Italianate-style residence in the …
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John Bain (1957-)
John Bain, a Portland-area youth soccer coach, spent many years in Oregon as a player for the Portland Timbers and as a coach of professional, …
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John Ball (1794-1884)
John Ball spent just one of his eighty-nine years in Oregon but has been widely recognized as the first school teacher in the Oregon Country. …
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John Baptiste Horner (1856–1933)
John Baptiste Horner was a faculty member at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) from 1891 to 1933. While he taught several subjects, he …
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John Beeson (1803-1889)
John Beeson had been in Oregon only three years, but his outrage at the treatment of Native Americans by whites led him to become a …
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John B. Waldo (1844-1907)
John Breckenridge Waldo was the first Oregon Supreme Court chief justice born in the state. He may be best known as an outdoorsman and proponent …
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John C. Boyle (1887-1979)
John Boyle was vice president, general manager, and long-time chief engineer of the California Oregon Power Company (COPCO), a privately held utility that served southern …
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John C. Merriam (1869-1945)
Born in Iowa in 1869, John C. Merriam was a geologist, zoologist, and premier taxonomist who trained under such luminaries as Joseph Le Conte and …
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John Colter (ca. 1775-1813)
John Colter was a member of the Corps of Discovery, commanded by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. He was among the majority of the party …
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John Day (1770?–1820)
John Day was an American hunter who came to Oregon in 1812 as a straggler from the Pacific Fur Company’s overland expedition to Astoria. Little …
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