Oregon is the 33rd state admitted to the United States
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When your Senators work for you - https://www.merkley.senate.gov/connect/oregon-treasures-quest/ The link is to an Oregon Treasure Quest book put out by Senator Merkley’s office. It was pictures and a list of places to visit in every county in Oregon....
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Lockheed’s PV-2 Harpoon is an outgrowth of the U.S. Navy’s patrol bomber program. The PV-2 first flew in 1943 and by March 1944 500 were delivered and saw action in the Pacific Theater. In 1948 ...
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In 1855 the Warm Springs Reservation was created in Oregon for the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes. In 1869 several Paiute bands were relocated to the reservation. With regard to language and culture, ...
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On display in front of the World Forestry Center in� Portland, Oregon, Peggy is an old-style Lima Shay-geared locomotive that hauled an estimated billion feet of logs. Built in 1909 by Lima ...
by Ojibwa
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A little less than one year ago I first wrote about Oregon's experiment with the decriminalization of street drugs, including meth, cocaine, and heroin� www.dailykos.com/... �It had been many ...
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The Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain) is generally considered one of the most successful aircraft designs in history. The DC-3 first flew in 1935 and was ordered by American Airlines. The C-47 Skytrain ...
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The AM-1 Martin Mauler was designed during World War II to combine both the bombing and torpedo functions previous performed by several aircraft in the postwar Navy. The prototype for the aircraft ...
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Thanks to Michael Lee at Bellingcat, the Ada County Sheriff in Idaho can seek extradition of dangerous militant Aamon Bundy from the state of Utah. If you recall, in 2014 the Bundy family led an armed standoff against Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
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Good morning, Gnusies! It’s officially spring, and new life is bursting out all around us. Today’s haul of good news indicates that there’s also new energy and progress around the world in ...
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The F4U Corsair is a carrier-based fighter which served primarily in the Pacific during World War II. It is considered one of the finest carrier-based fighters deployed by any navy. The F4U Corsair ...
by Ojibwa
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I’m currently ...
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The Grumman TBM-3E Avenger was designed to replace the Douglas Devastator as the U.S. Navy’s primary torpedo attack aircraft. It was the first U.S. aircraft to carry a 22-inch torpedo internally. ...
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The homelands of the Haida First Nation are the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia. Like other First Nations living on the Pacific Northwest Coast, the Haida have a highly ...
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Fort Stevens began in 1863 as a Civil War fortification guarding the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. In 1897, the U.S. Army began construction of the William Clark Battery (named for the ...
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The Bearcat replaced the F6F Hellcat and was considered the best performing piston fighter. The Grumman Bearcat was among the last piston-engine flyers built specifically for World War II combat and ...
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Happy Tuesday morning, Gnusies! It seems like the daily news has settled into an annoyingly predictable pattern: endless stories about the BLOAT�and his increasingly unhinged acolytes, ...
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www.oregonlive.com/... Good. This district will go Biden. +1 on the map. She only won because the Dem candidate was a mess. Of course, that same Dem candidate can’t get behind their own ego and move on, so we still have to contend with that, but this...
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Happy Camp, California – After the alarming report by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry died after being released in Fall Creek on the Klamath River last week due to gas bubble disease, some more...
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