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  • George Himes (1844-1940)

    Historian, archivist, printer, and journalist George Henry Himes served for over forty years as the assistant secretary and later first curator of the Oregon Historical …

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  • George H. Williams (1823–1910)

    George H. Williams was a Democratic politician and officeholder in Oregon from the mid-1850s to the early twentieth century. He was chief justice of the …

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  • George Johanson (1928-2022)

    George Johanson was a Portland painter and printmaker known for his images of the erupting Mount St. Helens, panoramic Portland as imagined from his …

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  • George Katagiri (1926-2009)

    George Katagiri was an educator for most of his life. He began his career in 1950 at Abernethy School in Portland, teaching social studies …

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  • George Law Curry (1820-1878)

    A significant figure in the years before Oregon became a state, George Law Curry served in the legislature of the Provisional Government and as governor …

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  • George Putnam (1872-1961)

    George Putnam was the epitome of the fighting editor during the Progressive era in Oregon. His battles with an entrenched political machine in Medford cost …

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  • George Putnam Riley (1833–1905)

    Identified by the Oregonian as the “Fred[erick] Douglass of Oregon,” George P. Riley was a passionate advocate for equal rights and a leading figure in …

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  • George Simpson (1786?-1860)

    The highest-ranking officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in North America, Sir George Simpson, was a talented administrative martinet who was indefatigable, ambitious, and revenue-driven. …

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  • George Vancouver (1757-1798)

    The role George Vancouver played in Oregon history is tangential, yet it is foundational to the developments that radically changed the region during the early …

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  • George W. Aguilar, Sr. (1930-)

    George W. Aguilar, Sr., is a Wasco Elder and life-long resident of the Warm Springs Reservation who won the 2006 Oregon Book Award for Creative …

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