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Lan Su Chinese Garden
Poetically named Garden of Awakening Orchids, Lan Su Yuan, the Portland Lan Su Chinese Garden is a product of a sister city association between Portland …
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Larry Jansen (1920-2009)
Larry Jansen was a two-time All Star and one of the top pitchers in Major League Baseball during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Born …
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Larry Mahan (1943–2023)
Larry Mahan was a six-time all-around world champion cowboy and a two-time bull riding champion and “the best living advertisement in the history of professional …
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Last Blockbuster Video Store in the U.S.
At its height in 2004, the video rental store chain Blockbuster had over nine thousand locations in the United States. By summer 2018, that number …
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Latinos in Oregon
The arrival of Latinos in Oregon began with Spanish explorations in the sixteenth century. In 1542-1543, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing from the port of Navidad …
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Laurelhurst
The Laurelhurst neighborhood in Portland is an historic twentieth-century neighborhood of residences and parkland, with origins in the nineteenth century. It was developed along streetcar …
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Lauren B. Sykes (1905-1980)
"Lauren B. Sykes has done as much or more for music in Portland than any individual in the history of this city," wrote Oregon Journal …
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Lawson Fusao Inada (1938-)
Poet, writer, and educator, Lawson Fusao Inada is an emeritus professor of English at Southern Oregon University in Ashland. In February 2006, Governor Ted …
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L. B. Day (1932-1986)
L.B. Day was one of a handful of political giants who played leadership roles during an important period in Oregon history, from the mid-1960s until …
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Lebanon (city)
The City of Lebanon, with a population of about 17,000 in 2020, is located along the South Santiam River on the eastern edge of the …
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