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  • Raven Maps

    Named after the view that ravens bring to the landscape, Raven Maps and Images in Medford exemplifies niche creative-services. The idea of selling maps as …

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  • Raymond Carver (1938-1988)

    Raymond Carver was America’s preeminent short story-writer during the 1970s and 1980s, a time that witnessed a great renaissance of the art of the story. …

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  • Raymond Newman (R. N.) Hockenberry (1876–1951)

    For a brief time in the early twentieth century, R. N. Hockenberry was among the most active architects in Oregon, leaving an important legacy of …

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  • Redlining and Climate-Related Heat

    The legacy of redlining—the spatial distribution of poverty, housing, green space, industrial plants, and highways—shaped where people in Portland have experienced the effects of …

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  • Redmond

    Located about forty miles from the geographical center of Oregon, Redmond is a city in Oregon’s High Desert, near Smith Rock State Park and …

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  • Reed College

    Situated on 116 acres in southeast Portland, Reed College enrolls nearly 1,400 undergraduates each year from all over the world. Considered one of the …

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  • Reed Opera House

    The Reed Opera House is one of Salem's few remaining large structures from the nineteenth century. Built in 1869-1870 at 189 Liberty Street Northeast, its …

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  • Reedsport

    In many ways, the story of Reedsport is a microcosm of the story of Oregon. Since the mid-1800s, the town has seen economic booms driven …

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  • Regina Dorland Robinson (1891-1917)

    Described as a child prodigy, early twentieth-century impressionist Regina Dorland Robinson showed remarkable talent at a young age. Versatile and prolific, in just ten years …

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  • Reinhard G. Pauly (1920–2019)

    Reinhard Pauly was a scholar, writer, and performer and a longtime professor of music at Lewis & Clark College. An international authority on music …

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