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            • Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council

              Since its founding in 1992, the Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council has served as a collaborator among private and public landowners, farmers, ranchers, loggers, scientists, …

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            • Applegate River

              The approximately sixty-mile-long Applegate River is one of three northward-flowing main tributaries of the Rogue River (the others are the Illinois River to the west …

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            • Applegate Trail

              The Applegate Trail, first laid out and used in 1846, was a southern alternative to the western-most segment of the Oregon Trail, with its …

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            • Apserkahar (Chief Joe)

              In the 1850s, Apserkahar, also known as Chief Joe, led one of the two principal bands of Native Americans living in the western Rogue Valley. …

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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, …

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            • Archibald Pelton (1791-1814/1815)

              Fur trader Archibald Pelton was murdered in the early days of Astoria, and the trial of those accused of the crime is sometimes cited as …

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            • Ardyth Kennelly (1912–2005)

              Novelist and artist Ardyth Kennelly was “one of the last of a celebrated group of Pacific Northwest writers with national reputations in the 1940s and …

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            • Ariel Rubstein (1899–1997)

              Ariel Rubstein—classical pianist, composer, music educator, conductor, and impresario—was prominent in twentieth-century Oregon’s musical life. He led the Portland School of Music, performed in concerts, …

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            • Arlene Schnitzer (1929–2020)

              Arlene Schnitzer was a patron of artists, a philanthropist, and the namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. Her financial support and …

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            • Arlington

              Arlington, about fifty miles east of The Dalles, is on the Columbia River at the mouth of Alkali Canyon. In the early 1870s, settlers …

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