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Ranald MacDonald (1824-1894)
Ranald MacDonald (Clatsop Chinook) was a navigator, whaler, tutor, interpreter, and writer. In 1848-1849, he was the first native speaker of English to teach that …
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Sheba Mae Childs Hargreaves (1882–1960)
Sheba Hargreaves reached the apex of her career with a trio of historical novels—The Cabin at Trail's End (1928), Ward of the Redskins (1929), …
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Theodore Stern (1917-2005)
Theodore “Ted” Stern was a member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon for thirty-nine years, from 1948 to 1987. He was …
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Thomas Leander Moorhouse (1850-1926)
Oregon photographer Thomas Leander Moorhouse of Pendleton, Oregon, was a multifaceted man. Born in 1850 in Marion County, Iowa, he moved with his family …
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U.S. General Land Office in Oregon, ca. 1850-1946
With the acquisition of the Oregon Country in 1846, the United States was faced with an enormous challenge to administer what had become a significant …
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Umpqua River
The Umpqua River, approximately 111 miles long, is a principal river of the Oregon coast, draining an expansive network of valleys in the mountains on …
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Walla Walla Basin
Long before the wheat and cattle ranches, the orchards and onion farms, before the vineyards and restaurants and shopping malls, when this place was occupied …
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Wapato Lake National Refuge
The Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge, approved in 2007, is a noncontiguous patchwork of Pacific Northwest rainforest near Gaston, in Washington and Yamhill Counties. The …
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Wascopam Mission
Wascopam Mission, which operated at The Dalles from 1838 to 1847, was the most successful of the early Methodist missions to Oregon Indians, recording more …
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William Cameron McKay (1824–1893)
Dr. William Cameron McKay [mə kī´] lived his entire life on the lower and middle Columbia River, save for five years spent pursuing an …
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