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Wheat Farming in Oregon
In the United States, wheat is consistently among the top five crops in terms of acreage and farm-gate value (corn and soybeans typically vie for …
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Willamette Valley
The Willamette Valley, bounded on the west by the Coast Range and on the east by the Cascades, is the largest river valley in …
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Winship Settlement
The first house built by non-Natives In Oregon Country that was intended to be permanent was built on the south shore of the Columbia River …
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Albany
The Albany area—situated at the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers and surrounded by one of the broadest and most level stretches of the …
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Alexander Ross (1782-1856)
Born in the Scottish Highlands, schoolteacher Alexander Ross immigrated to Canada’s St. Lawrence River Valley in 1804. Befriended by fellow Scot Alexander McKay, a veteran …
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Beaver
The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is often called “nature’s engineer” because of its practice of building dams in streams and rivers. Nearly wiped …
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Beaverton
Beaverton is the seventh largest city in Oregon and the second largest in Washington County, after Hillsboro to its west. With just over 99,000 residents …
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Brownsville
The City of Brownsville (Linn County) is in the southern Willamette Valley on the banks of the Calapooia River and in the foothills of the …
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Camas
Camas is a North American bulb-forming geophyte whose greatest diversity lies in Oregon, home to over 65 percent of the named species. The names Camassia …
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Carleton Emmons Watkins (1829-1916)
Carleton Emmons Watkins was a prominent San Francisco-based photographer who first visited and photographed Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge in 1867. From July through …
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