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Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry
There is only one school of dentistry in Oregon. It was founded in Portland on December 20, 1898, when the privately owned Oregon College of …
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Oregon High School Model Presidential Nominating Convention
Every four years from 1964 to 2004, high school students from Oregon and other western states organized into state delegations for the Oregon High School …
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Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society is a private museum, archival library, and educational institution headquartered in downtown Portland. It was founded on December 17, 1898, …
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Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission
In the spring of 1913, the Oregon legislature created the first compulsory minimum wage law in the nation and its governing agency, the Industrial Welfare …
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Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech)
The Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT, also now known as Oregon Tech) is one of the seven institutions comprising the Oregon University System. Located in …
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Oregon Iron & Steel Company
The Oregon Iron & Steel Company (OI&S;) was incorporated in the town of Oswego, just south of Portland, in 1882. The company …
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Oregon Junco
A hundred years ago, many birds carried the name of “Oregon,” including Oregon Jays, Oregon Chickadees, Oregon Titmice, and Oregon Towhees. One by one, those …
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Oregon Land Fraud Trials (1904-1910)
During the summer of 1905, while visitors enjoyed the amusements of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, one of the most sensational trials in …
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Oregon Land Survey, 1851-1855
In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed John B. Preston as Oregon Territory's first surveyor general. Preston arrived in the territory in 1851; and by the …
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Oregon Literature (1814-1920)
The first literature of Oregon followed patterns typical of most other regions of the United States. From the earliest Indian stories to the romantic novels …
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