Poet, essayist, and educator Barbara Drake makes the places in Oregon where she has lived central to her writing. Her poetry and essays, many of …

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In November 1990, Barbara Roberts became the thirty-fourth governor of Oregon, the first woman elected to that office and one of three women in the …

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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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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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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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Established in 1996, Basic Rights Oregon is a statewide political organization in Oregon that works on the behalf of LGBTQ rights (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, …

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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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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, 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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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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