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  • Shanghaiing in Portland and the Shanghai Tunnels Myth

    Since the 1970s, a myth has grown up that propounds the existence of a secret network of tunnels beneath the streets and buildings of the …

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  • Shaniko

    No town in Oregon has seen more rapid growth and decline than Shaniko, about forty miles northeast of Madras in Wasco County. Incorporated in 1901, …

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  • Shari’s Café & Pies

    Ron and Sharon Bergquist opened the first Shari's restaurant—named after Sharon—in Hermiston, Oregon, in 1978. The couple had been living in Hermiston since 1974 …

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  • Shasta red fir

    The Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var. shastensis), or silvertip, in southwest Oregon and northwest California has been a source of confusion because …

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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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  • Sheridan

    The South Yamhill River divides the city of Sheridan, a town of about 4,640 people in Yamhill County. In 1847, Absolom “Ab” Faulconer settled on …

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  • Sherman Big Bluegrass

    Sherman Big Bluegrass (Poa secunda, formerly P. ampla) is a perennial bunchgrass with distinct blue, moderately abundant leaves and a large, compact …

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  • Sherman Burgoyne (1901-1964)

    Until he arrived in Hood River in 1942, William Sherman Burgoyne had never known any Japanese Americans, but he became an unwitting target when he …

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  • Sherman County Courthouse

    The Sherman County Courthouse in Moro is one of only three county courthouses in Oregon to be used continuously since its construction in the nineteenth …

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  • Sherwood

    Sherwood is located on the traces of the Oregon City–Lafayette Wagon Trail, which cut through the A.Z. Hall Donation Land Claim of the late …

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