The city of Adair Village is located in Benton County about seven miles north of Corvallis along Highway 99W. The name is derived from Camp …

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The Oregon Maneuver, held in central Oregon from September 13 to November 8, 1943, was the largest military training exercise ever held in the Pacific …

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Howard Morgan served one term as an Oregon State Representative before becoming chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon during the party’s transformative growth during …

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The Albany area—situated at the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers and surrounded by one of the broadest and most level stretches of the …

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The unincorporated Polk County community of Airlie began as the terminus of a railroad that planned to connect the rich farms of the southern Willamette …

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Carl Hall was a Salem artist known for his paintings of the Willamette Valley, the Oregon coast, the female nude, and imagery inspired by …

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Nestled on the west side of the mid-Willamette River, Corvallis is dominated by Oregon State University, the state’s largest university, and is …

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Monmouth’s claim to fame as Oregon’s last town to prohibit the sale of alcohol ended in 2002 when voters passed a ballot measure overturning a …

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Noreen Ann Kelly Saltveit McGraw was one of Oregon’s early female litigators and the first female municipal judge in Jackson County. She was among Oregon's …

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Paul Meyer was a prominent Portland attorney with a lifelong passion for civil liberties. He was a founder of the Oregon Affiliate of the American …

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