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Death penalty
Oregon has had a death penalty for most of its history as a state, though it executed only two people since 1963, and both of …
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Detroit Dam
Forty-five miles east of Salem, Detroit Dam rises 463 feet out of the North Santiam River, looming large in the landscape and history of the …
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Disease Epidemics among Indians, 1770s-1850s
In 1972, historian Alfred Crosby introduced the term Columbian Exchange to refer to the interchange of plants, animals, bacteria, and peoples that occurred between the …
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Dorchester Conference
The Dorchester Conference, launched in 1965 at the Dorchester House in Lincoln City, is the oldest annual political conference in the United States. Its …
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Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ Church
In 1903, Edmund Creffield, a thirty-three-year-old German immigrant and former Salvation Army captain, persuaded about twenty Salvation Army soldiers in Corvallis to join his church, …
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Election of 1860
The presidential election of 1860 was a turning point in Oregon political history. Oregon had become a state in 1859, and it was the first …
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Ellis F. Lawrence (1879-1946)
Portland architect Ellis Fuller Lawrence was the leading organizer of his profession in Oregon in the early years of the twentieth century. Although he maintained …
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Eric W. Allen Jr. (1920-1986)
Editor of the Medford Mail-Tribune from 1968 to 1985, Eric W. Allen Jr. was known for liberal editorials addressed to a conservative community. He was …
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Eugene
Eugene is a metropolitan center at the head of the Willamette Valley, approximately 110 miles south of Portland. The seat of Lane County, …
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Eugene Debs "Debbs" Potts (1909–2003)
In a long career of public service, Eugene Debs Potts was a mayor, state senator and senate president, and acting governor. He was also the …
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