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"Sweet Baby" James Benton (1930-2016)
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James Benton has been a singer of jazz, blues, and R&B; during two distinct eras in Portland's musical history. He first came to …
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1000 Friends of Oregon
1000 Friends of Oregon was founded in 1975 by Governor Tom McCall and attorney Henry Richmond as a nonprofit watchdog organization advocating for and ensuring …
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14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared that the federal government would guarantee the rights of citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in …
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15th Amendment
Civil War Reconstruction arguably culminated with the Fifteenth Amendment. Ratified in 1870, a year after Congress had passed it, the amendment stated that voting rights "shall …
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1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry
During the 1860s, the major military-Indian conflicts of the Pacific Northwest were in the Great Basin and Snake River areas of southeastern Oregon and southern …
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24 Hour Church of Elvis
For three decades, one of the best known and quirkiest Portland tourist attractions was the 24 Hour Church of Elvis. The creation of artist Stephanie …
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2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry
Relations between the United States and Spain were already strained over Cuba when the battleship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor on February 15, …
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41st Infantry Division
The 41st Division of the Army National Guard was organized on July 18, 1917, at Camp Greene, North Carolina, under the command of Major General …
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A-dec (Austin Dental Equipment Co.)
A-dec is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of dental equipment. The company designs, builds, and markets much of the equipment used in dental operatories, …
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A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum
The A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum, operated by the Crook County Historical Society, is located on the corner of Third and Main Streets in Prineville, Oregon. …
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