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Chemawa Indian School Athletics Program
Chemawa Indian School has been a leader in organized athletics in the Willamette Valley since the 1890s, winning state titles in football, basketball, track, cross …
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Chemeketa Community College
Chemeketa Community College had its beginnings as the Salem Technical-Vocational School (STVS), an extension of the Salem School District. Established in the 1950s, STVS offered …
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Cherry Grove streetcar and railroad
In 1911, the purchase of the first battery-powered streetcar in the West catapulted the little Washington County town of Cherry Grove into the vanguard of …
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Chester H. Armstrong (1892-1973)
By writing a history of the state park system in 1965, Chester H. “Chet” Armstrong provided Oregon with one of the first such works anywhere …
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Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935)
Childe Hassam, though not an Oregonian, created some of the best-known paintings of Oregon's landscape. A New Englander by birth (October 17, 1859) and choice, …
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Children's Festival
Each July, the Storytelling Guild of Medford presents the Children's Festival in Jacksonville. This all-volunteer program, begun in 1967, is designed to present a positive …
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Chiloquin
Situated near the confluence of the Williamson and Sprague Rivers, the area near the Chiloquin townsite served as a seasonal camp for Indigenous peoples for …
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Chinese Americans in Oregon
The Pioneer Period, 1850-1860
The Cantonese-Chinese were the first Chinese in Oregon. They immigrated to America primarily from the Pearl River Delta region in southeast …
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Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek
Of the many crimes and injustices committed against early Chinese immigrants in the American West, what may have been the most brutal occurred at Deep …
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Chinese mining in Oregon
The city of Guangzhou (formerly known to Westerners as Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province, located along China’s southeastern coast. For many years, it …
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