2009 (212 DYKs)
- ... that
Francis S. Hoyt, the first President of
Willamette University in
Oregon,
USA, graduated from
Wesleyan University, a school his father helped to found? 1/1/2009
- ... that
Winlock W. Steiwer founded the first bank in
Wheeler County, Oregon, after he had pled guilty during the
Oregon land fraud scandal? 1/3/2009
- ... that
Kelly Point, where the
Willamette River meets the
Columbia River in Oregon, was part of the former Pearcy Island? 1/4/2009
- ... that students from
Tualatin Valley Junior Academy's Ring of Fire handbell choir performed at both
inaugurations of
U.S. President
George W. Bush in 2001 and 2005? 1/7/2009
- ... that
David Logan, onetime mayor of
Portland, Oregon, studied law under later
U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln? 1/9/2009
- ... that the Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden in
Rood Bridge Park includes some 550 varieties of
rhododendron, the official flower of the city of
Hillsboro, Oregon,
USA? 1/13/2009
- ... that
Edward D. Hamilton was appointed as the
Secretary of the Oregon Territory after later U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln declined the position? 1/15/2009
- ... that after three years as a back-up,
college football
quarterback
David Johnson threw for 46
touchdowns in 2008 and led
Tulsa to an 11–3 record? 1/16/2009
- ... that
Lucien Heath, the first
Oregon Secretary of State, later served in the
California State Assembly? 1/17/2009
- ... that
Philip Leget Edwards, the first teacher in what became the U.S. state of
Oregon, later served in the legislatures of
Missouri and
California? 1/18/2009
- ... that the
Bernard Daly Educational Fund, established in 1922, has provided over 2,000 college
scholarships to students from communities in
Lake County, Oregon? 1/18/2009
- ... that
J. K. Gill started a bookstore in
Portland, Oregon, in 1870 that grew to a chain of 63 stores before the company folded in 1999? 1/20/2009
- ... that with hundreds of
birds found in the state,
Oregon ranks fifth in the United States in terms of avian
species diversity? 1/20/2009
- ... that
Magnolia Park was the first park in
Hillsboro, Oregon, to include a recreational
water fountain? 1/24/2009
- ... that in 1865, a party led by Captain
Franklin B. Sprague of the
1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry descended an 800-foot (240 m)
caldera wall to become the first explorers to reach the shore of
Crater Lake? 1/24/2009
- ... that one-time
Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
Charles B. Moores' uncle, father, and grandfather all served in the
Oregon Legislature, while his son served in the
Washington Legislature? 1/28/2009
- ... that in 2005, Gov.
Ted Kulongoski signed a bill making
Oregon the first U.S. state to
require prescriptions for cold medicines containing
pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient used to make
methamphetamine? 1/28/2009
- ... that
Providence Newberg Medical Center in
Oregon was the first hospital in the United States to earn a Gold
LEED certification? 1/29/2009
- ... that the
Hawthorn Farm rail station in
Hillsboro, Oregon, has a piece of art that indicates the wind's direction by using lights and sounds? 1/30/2009
- ... that no one knows the age of the
Greaser Petroglyphs located in eastern
Lake County,
Oregon, but they could be up to 12,000 years old? 1/30/2009
- ... that the
Willow Creek Transit Center in
Oregon has artwork with a reading theme for a planned library branch nearby that was never built? 1/31/2009
- ... that American
wine writer
Matt Kramer coined the definition of
terroir as a wine's "somewhereness"? 2/7/2009
- ... that inmates at the
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in
Pendleton, Oregon, manufacture Prison Blues brand
jeans and other
denim garments that are sold throughout the
United States? 2/11/2009
- ... that the Belletable House, now located at the
Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum, is thought to be the largest home built in the
Fort Rock Valley during the area's homestead era? 2/12/2009
- ... that
Monroe Sweetland was the first Democrat elected to represent
Clackamas County, Oregon, in the
Oregon House of Representatives in 20 years? 2/17/2009
- ... that the
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in
Hillsboro, Oregon, is the biggest of its kind in the
Pacific Northwest? 2/17/2009
- ... that
Henry Weinhard, a
brewer in
Portland, Oregon, offered to pump free
beer into the
Skidmore Fountain when it was dedicated? 2/20/2009
- ... that the
Morse U.S. Courthouse in
Eugene, Oregon, was the first new federal courthouse to earn a
LEED Gold certification and the first U.S. courthouse featured at the
Venice Biennale of Architecture? 2/20/2009
- ... that
Willow Prairie Cabin in
Oregon's
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, built by a
Forest Service crew in 1924, is a popular horse camp? 2/22/2009
- ... that
Reedville Creek Park had the first
skatepark in a
Hillsboro, Oregon, park when it opened in 2003? 2/27/2009
- ... that the
A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum in
Prineville,
Oregon, was opened in 1971 and is housed in the historic
Crook County Bank Building? 3/1/2009
- ... that
Native American activist
Robert Robideau was acquitted in the 1975 shooting deaths of two
FBI agents, for which his cousin
Leonard Peltier was later convicted and is serving two life sentences? 3/2/2009
- ... that the
Umpqua Bank Plaza, a high-rise in
Portland, Oregon, remained named for a failed
savings and loan for 15 years until adopting the present moniker? 3/3/2009
- ... that the 2001
best seller
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War includes the case in which followers of
Osho sprayed
salmonella onto
salad bars in
The Dalles, Oregon? 3/6/2009
- ... that the
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in
Oregon is one of only ten urban
National Wildlife Refuges in the United States? 3/7/2009
- ... that the brick walls in the historic
Balch Hotel in
Dufur,
Oregon, are 18 inches (460 mm) thick and keep the hotel's interior rooms cool during the hot summer months? 3/8/2009
- ... that
William G. Hare, his father
William D. Hare, and his son John all served in the
Oregon State Senate? 3/9/2009
- ... that doctor and politician
Orlando Plummer had the first telephone in
Portland, Oregon, installed at his drug store? 3/10/2009
- ... that the
CEO of
toonlet has also worked on
The Sims,
SimCity and
Spore? 3/12/2009
- ... that
Benjamin Franklin Burch, a teacher at the first school in
Polk County, Oregon, was a member of the
Oregon Constitutional Convention and President of the
Oregon State Senate? 3/12/2009
- ... that a
U.S. Forest Service district ranger lived in a
tent for eight years while waiting for a residence to be built at the
Rand Ranger Station? 3/12/2009
- ... that
Oregon politician
Medorem Crawford's son was the first white American male born on the west side of the
Willamette River? 3/15/2009
- ... that
John D. Boon's former store and former home in
Salem, Oregon, are both on the
National Register of Historic Places? 3/15/2009
- ... that
Dan & Dave both won
Olympic medals, but lost their endorsement deal? 3/15/2009
- ... that the small farming community of
Laurelwood, Oregon, was the site of four
execution-style murders in the 1970s ordered by the
Hells Angels? 3/17/2009
- ... that
Laurelwood Academy moved to
Eugene, Oregon, after 103 years in
Laurelwood, Oregon, but did not change its name? 3/23/2009
- ... that
Native Americans occupied the
Rogue River around the
Rogue River Ranch over 9,000 years before European settlers arrived? 3/24/2009
- ... that judge and
law school dean
George G. Bingham was once the coroner for
Yamhill County, Oregon? 3/24/2009
- ... that
George A. Steel was elected as
Oregon State Treasurer after his company went bankrupt? 3/28/2009
- ... that one year after a fire damaged
Lausanne Hall at
Willamette University, the
dormitory had to be evacuated due to a suspicious package? 3/28/2009
- ... that the
Whisky Creek Cabin, built about 1880, is the oldest remaining mining cabin along the
wild and scenic section of the
Rogue River in southwest
Oregon? 3/28/2009
- ... that the
Christian Science Monitor once described
radio station KSLM (now
KVXX) in
Salem, Oregon, as "a barricade holding questionable
advertising material from the ears of listeners"? 3/29/2009
- ... that
Oregon radio station
KBZY is the
flagship station for the
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the
Northwest League of Professional Baseball? 3/30/2009
- ... that
Oregon attorney
Parish L. Willis was sued for
fraud over his investment in the
Hot Lake Sanatorium Company, now listed as a
historic place? 4/2/2009
- ... that
KZZR and
sister station
KQHC are the only two
radio stations with
Burns, Oregon, as their
community of license? 4/3/2009
- ... that
KCKX, known as "Ondas de Gozo", is the first
Spanish-language
Christian radio station in the state of
Oregon? 4/5/2009
- ... that
radio station KTIL in
Tillamook, Oregon, was renamed
KMBD in honor of
talk show host Mildred Berkey Davy? 4/7/2009
- ... that former
KGBR
disc jockey Tom Lyons advised his son against a career in
radio by saying "Sell
coke,
run guns ... but don't ever go into radio."? 4/8/2009
- ... that in 1986
KWVR-FM of
Enterprise, Oregon, became the smallest-market
radio station to win a
Gracie Award from the
American Women in Radio and Television? 4/9/2009
- ... that
sister stations
KTIX,
KUMA,
KUMA-FM, and
KWHT share a single
studio building at the west end of
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport? 4/11/2009
- ... that
Thomas Van Scoy was the president of three universities, but only
Willamette still exists? 4/12/2009
- ... that ten days after a
heart attack and surgery,
Hillsboro, Oregon, mayor
Tom Hughes helped demolish a building? 4/12/2009
- ... that
rockhounds come to the
Ochoco Mountains in central
Oregon to look for
thundereggs? 4/12/2009
- ... that the
Roaring River Wilderness near
Mount Hood in Oregon has trees that are 1,000 years old? 4/13/2009
- ... that
radio stations
KGAL and
KSHO are celebrating
Oregon's
sesquicentennial with a year-long series of historical
vignettes? 4/13/2009
- ... that a student at the
University of Portland won
US$3 for suggesting the new name of the student newspaper,
The Beacon? 4/14/2009
- ... that
syndicated radio show host "
Delilah" got her start in radio reporting
local news and sports on
KDUN in
Reedsport, Oregon, while still in
junior high school? 4/14/2009
- ... that the owner of a
radio station in
Corvallis, Oregon, had the station's legal
call sign changed to
KEJO to honor his late daughter, Emily Jo? 4/15/2009
- ... that
Waldschmidt Hall at the
University of Portland in
Oregon is the oldest building on campus, and older than the school? 4/17/2009
- ... that
KHSN, one of
Oregon's first
radio stations, began
broadcasting in 1928? 4/17/2009
- ... that the defunct
Portland University in
Oregon had only one
building, so the
school bookstore was a nearby
general store? 4/18/2009
- ... that
George Whitaker, president of
Willamette University in
Oregon, banned talking between boys and girls at the school? 4/18/2009
- ... that the original
Forest Service ranger’s cabin at
Allison Ranger Station in the
Ochoco Mountains of
Oregon was built in 1911? 4/18/2009
- ... that three-
term member of the
Oregon House of Representatives Paul E. Walden worked at
radio station
KODL for 27 years? 4/23/2009
- ... that after
U.S. Attorney
Charles Turner investigated illegal activities in the 1980s at
Rajneeshpuram,
Oregon, high-ranking followers of
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
plotted to assassinate him? 4/23/2009
- ... that
Congressman
Greg Walden, former owner of
radio station
KIHR in
Hood River, Oregon, began his career in
broadcasting as the station's
janitor? 4/26/2009
- ... that
Oregon politician
Edward Schulmerich's former
home is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places? 4/27/2009
- ... that the
fault block that forms the main ridgeline of the
Pueblo Mountains in southeastern
Oregon is tilted at a 45 degree angle? 4/29/2009
- ... that
Daniel Gault worked as a teacher, newspaper editor, and postmaster, and served in the
Oregon House of Representatives? 4/30/2009
- ... that
Brian McMenamin graduated with a degree in
political science, but is co-owner of the
McMenamins chain of
brewpubs? 5/2/2009
- ... that in
Breaking the Spell, the author discusses how she helped plan an
assassination plot against a
U.S. Attorney while at
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's
commune in
Rajneeshpuram,
Oregon? 5/2/2009
- ... that
Hamby Park in
Hillsboro, Oregon, is named after the owner of a
Chevrolet car dealership? 5/3/2009
- ... that
Ki-a-Kuts Falls in
Oregon were named after the last chief of the
Atfalati band of Native Americans? 5/4/2009
- ... that when the
Rogue River eroded
andesitic lava in the
Rogue Valley it created the
Upper and Lower Table Rock geologic formation? 5/4/2009
- ... that the
tugboat that towed log rafts across
Upper Klamath Lake to the Algoma lumber mill in
Algoma, Oregon, is now on display in the
Collier Memorial State Park logging museum? 5/5/2009
- ... that
environmentalists and
ranchers worked with the
Bureau of Land Management to restore
riparian areas in the
Trout Creek Mountains of southeastern
Oregon? 5/5/2009
- ... that
Wes Schulmerich turned down an offer to play football for
Knute Rockne at
Notre Dame, later becoming a
Major League Baseball player? 5/6/2009
- ... that Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (now
KKEE) in
Astoria, Oregon, created the one of the
first cable television systems in the United States? 5/7/2009
- ... that staff at
KLYC in
McMinnville, Oregon, reported a
paranormal "presence" in the
radio station's previous studio building? 5/8/2009
- ... that
radio station
KSWB in
Seaside, Oregon, was originally owned by
Jerden Records founder Jerry Dennon and American folk group
The Brothers Four? 5/9/2009
- ... that in 1867, the
Oregon Iron Company became the first company to smelt
pig iron west of the
Rocky Mountains? 5/10/2009
- ... that "The Cowboy Culture Center" is a weekly three-hour block of
cowboy poetry and
western music on
radio station
KNND in
Cottage Grove, Oregon? 5/10/2009
- ... that
Humbug Mountain is one of the tallest
mountains in
Oregon to rise directly from the
ocean? 5/11/2009
- ... that, unable to sell the
radio station and facing financial difficulties,
KORC in
Waldport, Oregon, went
dark on
April Fool's Day 2009? 5/11/2009
- ... that
radio station
KBCH chose its
call sign to represent the "20 Miracle Miles" of
beaches in
Lincoln County, Oregon? 5/13/2009
- ... that
Oregon radio station
KKRB won
New Music Weekly magazine's "Adult Contemporary Radio Station of the Year"
New Music Award in 2006, 2007, and 2008? 5/14/2009
- ... that the
summit of
Mount Scott is the highest point in
Crater Lake National Park? 5/17/2009
- ... that
Tom Bunn served in the
Oregon Legislative Assembly at the same time as his older brothers
Stan and
Jim? 5/17/2009
- ... that the site of
Riddle Ranch in eastern
Oregon was a Native American settlement for over 1,000 years? 5/18/2009
- ... that
Stan Bunn ran for Congress in
Oregon's 1st congressional district while his brother
Jim ran for re-election in
Oregon's 5th congressional district? 5/19/2009
- ... that former fur trader
Michel Laframboise helped found
Fort Astoria and later operated a
ferry across the
Willamette River? 5/20/2009
- ... that the officers’ mess hall at
Camp Abbot military training center was built by the
Army Corps of Engineers in 1944, and is now the "Great Hall" at
Sunriver Resort? 5/20/2009
- ... that Robert Lindahl, the
recording engineer on
The Kingsmen's famous version of "
Louie Louie", lost his job as a
disc jockey for
KBKR because he refused to empty the
Oregon station's
chemical toilet? 5/21/2009
- ... that a student at
Clatskanie Middle/High School organized a statewide food drive in
Oregon that earned the student a national award? 5/21/2009
- ... that the previous owners of
KWVR in
Enterprise, Oregon, actually lived at the
radio station until they sold it in 2008? 5/22/2009
- ... that the same month
Willamette Falls Hospital in
Oregon City, Oregon, announced a plan for the next 20 years, they announced they intended to merge with
Providence Health & Services? 5/23/2009
- ... that from 1956 to 1986,
radio station
KYKN in
Keizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY"? 5/24/2009
- ... that listeners in the
Klamath Falls, Oregon, area know
radio station
KRAT as "The Rat"? 5/27/2009
- ... that after 14 years above an
ambulance company,
KDCQ in
Coos Bay, Oregon, relocated its
radio studios to a former
buffet restaurant? 5/29/2009
- ... that the
University of Oregon's
Pacifica Forum hosted a lecture in which the speaker referred to
Martin Luther King Jr. as a "moral leper and a communist dupe"? 5/30/2009
- ... that a 1970s
weather forecast of "low
goat pressure" on
radio station
KRSB in
Roseburg, Oregon, was a sure sign of
rain ahead? 5/31/2009
- ... that
Alvin T. Smith was the first
postmaster of the first post office in
Washington County, Oregon? 5/31/2009
- ... that in 1987 the Elk Creek Dam's construction on
Elk Creek was halted due to a
court injunction issued over a lawsuit designed to protect
salmon and other
migratory fish from the effects of the
dam on the river? 5/31/2009
- ... that the railroad station in
Dilley, Oregon, was built 23 years after the
railroad reached the community? 6/2/2009
- ... that
Lost Forest in
Lake County,
Oregon, is an isolated stand of
Ponderosa pine separated from the nearest pine forest by forty miles of arid
high desert? 6/8/2009
- ... that
Oregon
linebacker
Casey Matthews is the son, grandson, brother, and nephew of
National Football League players? 6/10/2009
- ... that the
Manning–Kamna Farm near
Hillsboro, Oregon, has ten buildings that were included in the
National Register of Historic Places, including a
privy? 6/12/2009
- ... that
Pilot Rock is one of the oldest
volcanic formations in the
Cascade Range? 6/17/2009
- ... that
Alphonso Boone, grandson of
Daniel Boone, started a
ferry in
Oregon that ran from 1847 until 1954? 6/22/2009
- ... that
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon's land claim was logged for firewood to be used in a foundry by the
Oregon Iron Company, but is now the
Tryon Creek State Natural Area? 6/23/2009
- ... that
Freeman Fitzgerald played
football with
Knute Rockne and once
struck out 19 batters in a
baseball game? 6/24/2009
- ... that due to rapids on the
Rogue River,
mules had to be used to transport mail to the post office at
Illahe, Oregon? 6/25/2009
- ... that the district office at the
Bly Ranger Station in south central
Oregon was built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937 at a cost of $1,700? 6/26/2009
- ... that
Sacajawea Peak is the highest point in the
Wallowa Mountains and the sixth highest peak in
Oregon? 6/26/2009
- ... that
Wilsonville Memorial Park is both the oldest and largest park in
Wilsonville, Oregon, and includes a barn built in 1901? 6/29/2009
- ... that the
Prewitt-Allen Archaeological Museum in
Salem, Oregon, has a
mummy of a 3,500 year-old
falcon? 7/6/2009
- ... that in 1975
professional wrestlers
Sandy Parker and Jean Antoine had the first legal women's wrestling match in Oregon in 50 years? 7/10/2009
- ... that Zigzag district office was built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps and is one of nineteen historic buildings at the
Zigzag Ranger Station in
Oregon's
Mount Hood National Forest? 7/14/2009
- ... that
Hillsboro, Oregon-based
RadiSys was founded by former employees of
Intel and 20 years later purchased a division of Intel? 7/14/2009
- ... that the now defunct
Heritage Christian School in
Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a
chariot race? 7/19/2009
- ... that
Frances Fuller Victor, an influential writer of history and fiction, was initially uncredited for her major contributions to historian
Hubert Howe Bancroft's monumental work, The History of the West? 7/19/2009
- ... that the
O'Kane Building in
Bend,
Oregon, was built for Hugh O’Kane who, as a boy, came to the
United States illegally from
Ireland by stowing away on a
New York bound ship? 7/26/2009
- ... that when the
Applegate River was
dammed in 1980, the resulting
lake completely submerged the town of
Copper? 7/29/2009
- ... that
Felix Hathaway helped construct the
first American-built ship in what is now the state of
Oregon? 7/30/2009
- ... that
Thomas B. Kay was elected as the
Oregon State Treasurer four times and served in the office longer than anyone else in
Oregon history? 8/1/2009
- ... that the historic
N. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store is the oldest wood-frame structure that still exists in downtown
Bend,
Oregon? 8/4/2009
- ... that water from the
Little Applegate River was used in the
mine in
Sterlingville, the largest hydraulic mine in
Oregon and possibly the entire
western United States? 8/6/2009
- ... that
Frederick Van Voorhies Holman is credited with giving the
nickname "Rose City" to
Portland, Oregon? 8/8/2009
- ... that
Bruce Shorts, head
football coach at
Nevada and
Oregon, was described in 1904 as "the best coach west of the
Mississippi River"? 8/9/2009
- ... that the largest
water slide in the
U.S. state of
Oregon is
Thrill-Ville USA in the city of
Turner? 8/11/2009
- ... that when the
New Redmond Hotel opened, it was billed as
Oregon's finest hotel east of the
Cascade Mountains with rooms from $1 per day? 8/11/2009
- ... that the
Charles Boyd Homestead is a group of three buildings that were once part of a pioneer
ranch that supplied
beef to
logging crews in
Central Oregon? 8/16/2009
- ... that
Babette March, the first
cover model of the
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in
Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in
Halfway, Oregon? 8/17/2009
- ... that the
Oregon Bach Festival is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary under the direction of its founder, German conductor
Helmuth Rilling? 8/19/2009
- ... that
Branchinecta lynchi, a
vulnerable species of
fairy shrimp, can be found in
vernal pools around
Agate Lake? 8/20/2009
- ... that the
Milton Odem House is one of the best examples of a
Streamline Moderne style residence found in the state of
Oregon? 8/22/2009
- ... that
Town Center Park was the first park in
Wilsonville, Oregon, USA, with an
interactive water feature when it was added in 2005? 8/23/2009
- ... that a single bucket of water was used to extinguish a
three-alarm fire at the
Edith Green - Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in
Portland, Oregon, USA? 8/31/2009
- ... the about a third of the population of
Sheridan, Oregon, are criminals? 9/1/2009
- ... that
Lewis A. "Tam" McArthur paid to have his book,
Oregon Geographic Names, published in 1928 and that the book is still in print today? 9/4/2009
- ... that
Faith Bible High School in
Hillsboro, Oregon, closed for a day after a student received a threatening message on
AOL Instant Messenger? 9/8/2009
- ... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, native
Rick Dancer announced he was running for
Oregon Secretary of State while on air working for
KEZI? 9/9/2009
- ... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, based
Beyond Words Publishing's first book retailed for over US$2,000, with one copy presented as a gift to the
Japanese Emperor? 9/10/2009
- ... that
Shirley Huffman, the first female
mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, worked to change the
city's charter to allow her more time in office? 9/11/2009
- ... that the
Oregon Geographic Names Board was established by Governor
George Chamberlain in 1908 to assist the
United States Board on Geographic Names in naming geographic features within the state of
Oregon? 9/12/2009
- ... that the
State of Oregon laboratories for health and environmental quality used to be located in an old parking garage before moving to a new facility in
Hillsboro, Oregon? 9/15/2009
- ... that the
Oregon Chorale based in
Hillsboro, Oregon, USA has performed five
tours in Europe? 9/16/2009
- ... that the
gambrel-roofed
David and Maggie Aegerter Barn is the only
Linn County, Oregon
barn featuring
overhang on all sides? 9/18/2009
- ... that over the course of his 44 year career as a writer and editor with the
Bend
Bulletin,
Phil Brogan trained numerous young
journalists including
Tom McCall, who later became governor of
Oregon? 9/19/2009
- ... that
Hayden Bridge, a
covered bridge on the
National Register of Historic Places, had to be repaired in 2006 after a logging truck crashed into it? 9/20/2009
- ... that the city of
Hillsboro, Oregon, asked residents to donate their used
Christmas trees for planting at
Turner Creek Park? 9/20/2009
- ... that
City View was the first
charter school in
Hillsboro, Oregon, when it opened in 2004? 9/20/2009
- ... that only 1% of students attending
Oregon Connections Academy live within the school district? 9/21/2009
- ... that
Miriam Sakewitz had 88 dead bunnies in her freezers at her home in
Hillsboro, Oregon? 9/21/2009
- ... that
Gordon Faber, as mayor of
Hillsboro, Oregon, once carried an ax while wearing an executioner's hood to an employee's performance review? 9/22/2009
- ... that the land for
53rd Avenue Park in
Hillsboro, Oregon, was purchased from exercise equipment maker
Soloflex? 9/22/2009
- ... that the
Binford & Mort publishing company in
Hillsboro, Oregon, was once the largest book publisher in the
Northwestern United States? 9/23/2009
- ... that
Oregon
Republican state senator
Jeannette Hamby made several trips to
Nicaragua and supported the
socialist
Sandinistas? 9/24/2009
- ... that actor
Bret Harrison's first role was in
Our Town at the
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre in
Hillsboro, Oregon? 9/24/2009
- ... that a
weir built to aid fish traveling up a
fish ladder in
Little Butte Creek was destroyed just three months later? 9/24/2009
- ... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, based
Norm Thompson Outfitters was started with an ad in
Field & Stream magazine? 9/25/2009
- ... that the
Chief Kno–Tah statue in
Hillsboro, Oregon, was designed to incorporate features of
Chief Joseph? 9/26/2009
- ... that as of 2009,
Liz Shuler is the first woman and youngest person to hold the position of
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, and the highest-ranking woman in the
labor federation's history? 9/27/2009
- ... that the
First Presbyterian Church of
Redmond,
Oregon, is the city's oldest church? 9/28/2009
- ... that
Buster Keaton built a
trestle bridge near
Culp Creek, Oregon, just to burn it down for
a movie? 9/29/2009
- ... that the
Wilsonville railroad bridge in
Oregon does not need to be
painted? 10/1/2009
- ... that the
Stone Bridge near
Hart Mountain in
Lake County,
Oregon, is completely underwater? 10/3/2009
- ... that the
Jensen Arctic Museum in
Monmouth, Oregon, is the only museum on the
West Coast other than in
Alaska that focuses solely on
Arctic culture? 10/7/2009
- ... that the
United States Army's
Camp Warner in south central
Oregon was so cold that on several occasions the camp's entire detachment of
soldiers had to walk in circles all night to keep from freezing? 10/14/2009
- ... that the
Van Buren Street Bridge in
Oregon is the last movable-span
truss bridge constructed by the pin connection method located on the
West Coast? 10/14/2009
- ... that the cliffs of
Hart Mountain tower 3,600 feet above the floor of
Oregon’s
Warner Valley (pictured)? 10/23/2009
- ... that
Cooper Mountain Nature Park in
Oregon is located on an
extinct volcano? 10/24/2009
- ... that
Lookingglass, Oregon, became nationally famous in the 1970s when a
parking meter for horses was installed in front of the
general store? 10/27/2009
- ... that
Frank H. Schwarz's
murals for the
Oregon State Capitol, including
Lewis and Clark at
Celilo Falls (pictured), were painted in
New York and sent across the continent for installation? 10/29/2009
- ... that the
Portland, Oregon, landmark
Made in Oregon sign (pictured) originally advertised a brand of sugar? 10/29/2009
- ... that by the time their lands were ceded to the
United States in the
Kalapuya Treaty of 1855, only 400
Kalapuya
Native Americans remained, the rest having died of disease or armed conflict? 10/30/2009
- ... that
Tabitha Brown (pictured) was recognized as one of
Oregon's
state symbols for her assistance in founding
Tualatin Academy? 11/2/2009
- ... that
Lake County,
Oregon's
Warner Lakes and their associated wetlands (pictured) offer numerous recreational opportunities but have relatively few visitors because of their remote location? 11/3/2009
- ... that the
Rogue Valley Medical Center in
Medford,
Oregon, receives patients from as far as 200 miles (320 km) away? 11/7/2009
- ... that figure skater
Tonya Harding was once treated at
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in
Oregon for injuries from an assault? 11/14/2009
- ... that the
Eugene Saturday Market in
Eugene,
Oregon, is the oldest weekly open-air crafts market in the
United States and is attended by 3,000 and 5,000 people every week? 11/14/2009
- ... that
Kaiser Permanente sold some land it owned in
Hillsboro, Oregon after deciding not to build a hospital there, only to later begin building their
Westside Medical Center at that same location? 11/15/2009
- ... that
Oregon pioneer
Joseph Hamilton Lambert developed the Lambert cherry? 11/16/2009
- ... that
Fort Harney, a
United States Army outpost in eastern
Oregon, was officially designated as a fort in April 1879 and then abandoned in June 1880? 11/18/2009
- ... that the defunct
Hill Military Academy in
Portland, Oregon, was a party to the
U.S. Supreme Court case of
Pierce v. Society of Sisters? 11/20/2009
- ... that
United Streetcar of
Oregon is currently the only American company building modern
streetcars (pictured)? 11/22/2009
- ... that
Oregon pioneer
Robert Crouch Kinney
read law under
Serranus Clinton Hastings, but never practiced law? 11/27/2009
- ... that
Oregon doctor
Augustus C. Kinney lived in
Astoria, but died in
Oakland, California, and was buried in
Salem, Oregon? 11/27/2009
- ... that
John W. Reynolds was admitted to practice law in
Oregon before he graduated from
law school? 11/30/2009
- ... that
Oregon pioneer and politician
Frederick Waymire was compared to
Davy Crockett? 12/1/2009
- ... that
Cleveland S. Rockwell (pictured) used the sketches he made during
topographical survey expeditions for the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the basis for his
landscape
watercolor and
oil paintings? 12/5/2009
- ... that the size of
Fish Lake in
Oregon,
USA, taking water over the
Cascade Divide via the
Cascade Canal from nearby
Fourmile Lake, is now three times larger than it was before 1902? 12/5/2009
- ... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, politician
William H. Wehrung worked on both the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and the
Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition? 12/13/2009
- ... that
Harry V. Gates' former ranch became the
Crooked River Ranch in
Eastern Oregon and his former house in
Hillsboro, Oregon, is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places? 12/18/2009
- ... that the planned
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in
Oregon is expected to be the world's biggest
wind farm on land when completed? 12/20/2009
- ... that the
Fred and Esther Dundee House in
Oregon was built for
race car driver Fred Dundee? 12/22/2009
- ... that after removal of a dam that blocked their migration for nearly a century,
salmon and
steelhead returned in 2009 to the
Little Sandy River in
Oregon? 12/23/2009
- ... that the
Peace Candle of the World, a 50-foot candle-like structure in
Scappoose,
Oregon, is decorated with
Christmas lights every
holiday season? 12/25/2009
- ... that
Caroline Duby Glassman, who was born and raised in
Oregon, was the first woman on the
Maine Supreme Court? 12/26/2009
- ... that the 1927
Weatherly Building in
Portland, Oregon was owned by an ice cream magnate? 12/28/2009
- ... that the
Oriental Theatre's chandelier (ceiling pictured) in
Portland, Oregon, United States, contained 3,000 light bulbs and weighed 2,000 pounds (910 kg)? 12/29/2009
- ... that out of 700
U.S. Forest Service buildings in Oregon and Washington built by
New Deal programs, the
Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin is the only one crafted of stone and logs? 12/31/2009
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