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                        Heppner
                    
                    Heppner, the self-styled "Gateway to the Blues," is located on Oregon Highway 74 on Willow Creek between the Blue Mountains and the Columbia River Gorge. ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Hillcrest Orchard
                    
                    Hillcrest Orchard has been the name of a farm on the slopes of Roxy Ann Peak in the Rogue River Valley since 1903. It was ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Historic Prineville Roads (1870sā1930s)
                    
                    Prineville, the seat of Crook County in central Oregon, was established in the 1870s as an agricultural and ranching settlement. The town was platted ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Historic Umatilla County Library Building
                    
                    The historic Umatilla County Library building in Pendleton was built in 1916 and was designed by Portland architect Folger Johnson, with local supervisory assistance ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Hjalmar Hvam (1902-1996)
                    
                    Skiing enthusiasts in Portland just before World War II knew the name Hjalmar Hvam as readily as most people recognize the names of professional athletes. ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Homer Davenport (1867-1912)
                    
                    Homer Calvin Davenport was one of the most important and influential political cartoonists working in the United States during the end of the nineteenth century ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Hood River (city)
                    
                    Situated in the Columbia River Gorge about sixty miles east of Portland, the City of Hood River occupies a transition zone between temperate, wet ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Hop Industry
                    
                    Hops are perennial, cone-producing, climbing plants native to Europe, Asia, and North America. While originally cultivated for ornamental or medicinal purposes over a thousand years ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation District
                    
                    The Illinois Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (IVSWCD), established on December 13, 1949, covers the Illinois River watershed in Josephine County. The 75-mile-long Illinois ā¦
                    
                    
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                        Incense-cedar
                    
                    Incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) tolerates a variety of ecological conditions. Although it grows as a riparian (stream-side) tree or under other high moisture conditions, ā¦
                    
                    
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