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Barbara McLarty (1919-)
Barbara McLarty, a Portland gallerist, arts advocate, and publisher and editor of art books, was an active agent on the Oregon art scene for more …
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Barber Block (Portland)
Located on the main commercial street in what was once the city of East Portland, the Barber Block has survived more than a century …
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Barlow Road
The Barlow Road is a historic wagon road that created a new route on the Oregon Trail in 1846. Until the road was opened, the …
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Basic Rights Oregon
Established in 1996, Basic Rights Oregon was the first statewide political organization in Oregon to work on the behalf of LGBTQ rights (lesbian, gay, bisexual, …
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Basque boardinghouses in Oregon
Oregon’s earliest Basque settlers arrived in the late 1880s from northern California, Nevada, and southwestern Idaho. Many Basques who moved from California did so after …
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Basques
The first Basques to Oregon arrived in the late 1880s. These Euskaldunak, or newcomers, usually migrated north and east from Nevada and California, often as …
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Bates State Park
Bates State Park, located in Grant County, one mile north of Austin Junction on U.S. Highway 26, is on the site of the former Oregon …
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Battle of Battle Rock (1851)
On June 10, 1851, Battle Rock—a basalt promontory at Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast—was the site of a deadly confrontation between a landing …
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Battle of Hungry Hill
The Battle of Hungry Hill—also known as the Battle of Grave Creek—was the largest engagement of the Rogue River Indian War in 1855–1856. The battle …
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Bayocean
No Oregon ghost town had a more audacious beginning than Bayocean, "the Atlantic City of the West." The development was the dream of Thomas Benton …
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