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Amanda Wood Reed was an early twentieth-century philanthropist and the founder of the Reed Institute in Portland, the legal entity that established Reed College …
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Ambleside Summer Homes Tract, located on Johnson Creek near Gresham, was established in 1919 by a group of wealthy businessmen looking for a summer …
The gold mining town of Amelia City, in northern Malheur County, was located about thirty miles southeast of Baker City and a few miles south …
Amity is situated in southern Yamhill County along Salt Creek near its confluence with Ash Swale and at the base of the Amity Hills. Farmers …
In response to pogroms in the early 1880s, two reform-minded organizations of Russian Jews sought opportunities outside their native Russia. One group, BILU (Beir Ya'ako …
Ancer L. Haggerty was the first African American to become a partner in a major Portland law firm and the first to serve as a …
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization dedicated to preserving Irish culture through festivals, memorials, and civic programs. Its mantra is …
Sensing opportunity following the Panic of 1893, Montana businessman Andrew B. Hammond looked toward the more populous Oregon to expand his financial holdings. In 1894, …
Film educator Andries Deinum transformed Portland’s cultural and intellectual landscape through his creative use of film and television in education and his pioneering development …
Angus Livingston Bowmer was the creator of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the largest resident acting company in the United States and one of the …
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