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Gardenburger Inc.
Leftovers at a vegetarian restaurant in Oregon gave birth to the world’s most popular meatless hamburger—the Gardenburger®.
Paul Wenner (b. 1947), a health-conscious eater during …
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Gary Snyder (1930-)
Many think of Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-wining poet and essayist, as primarily a Beat writer or as a member of the San Francisco Renaissance. Certainly …
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Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest LGBTQ History
The Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest was founded in October 1994 by a small group of community historians in Portland. At …
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Gay and lesbian rights movement
Before Stonewall
Before New York’s Stonewall Riots in 1969, the history of gay rights in Oregon, as in the United States generally, was one of …
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Gazelle Disaster
The worst steamboat accident on the Willamette River happened on April 8, 1854, in Canemah, just above the Willamette Falls (now part of Oregon …
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Gearhart
The coastal town of Gearhart, with a 2021 population of 1,793, faces the Pacific Ocean on the north shore of the Necanicum River estuary, opposite …
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Geocaching
Geocaching is a high-tech version of the classic scavenger hunt in which the entire planet serves as the playing field. The activity was created in …
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George Abernethy (1807-1877)
George Abernethy cut a wide swath through Oregon's religious, economic, and political life from his arrival in 1840 until his death in 1877.
Born in …
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George Atkinson (1819 - 1889)
The Reverend George Henry Atkinson arrived in Oregon in 1848 as a representative of the American Home Missionary Society, an organization sponsored by Congregational churches. …
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George Chamberlain (1854-1928)
Largely because of his reputation as a scrupulously honest attorney general, Democrat George Earle Chamberlain was elected Oregon governor in 1902 with a slim majority …
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