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Tules
In Oregon and much of the western United States, tule is the common name for two species of emergent plants that grow in shallow water …
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Tumalo Irrigation District
The Tumalo Irrigation District delivers water from Tumalo Creek, supplemented by storage at Crescent Lake, through 140 miles of pipeline, canals, and ditches. Approximately 685 …
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Turkey Rama
Unique in the nation, McMinnville’s annual Turkey Rama event celebrates Yamhill County’s turkey industry, which in 1986 accounted for more than 90 percent of Oregon’s …
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Two-Bits, the World War II Lookout Dog
A persistent fox terrier named Two-Bits earned a brief measure of national fame while spending the winter of 1942-1943 at the Siskiyou Mountains' isolated Whisky …
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Two Dragon mining camp
Two Dragon Camp was an isolated, 2.5-acre placer mining camp in the Camp Carson Historic Mining District, roughly twenty-one miles southwest of La Grande. …
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a hybrid military and civilian federal agency, developed Oregon's water transportation infrastructure and played a major role in the …
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers over 15.7 million acres of public land in Oregon, equal to about twenty-five percent of the state's total …
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in the Department of the Interior, has been an important force in Oregon since soon after the agency's founding with …
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab
Who nailed a protected spotted owl to a park sign? Are ivory tusks from modern elephants or Ice Age mammoths? Are fish eggs sold as …
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U.S. General Land Office in Oregon, ca. 1850-1946
With the acquisition of the Oregon Country in 1846, the United States was faced with an enormous challenge to administer what had become a significant …
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