Portal:Oregon/DYK/168


 * ... that the South Park Blocks (pictured) have been called the "extended family room" of Portland, as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as the city's "living room"?
 * ... that Sylvester C. Simpson was the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oregon and worked to get a book authored in part by his brother selected as the state's reader?
 * ... that the Admiral Apartments, built in 1909, had "sporting girls" (prostitutes) operating out of it by 1913?
 * ... that as a high school senior, Jordan Poyer was named the Oregon player of the year in both baseball and football?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2010/March, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2010/March, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2010/March, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 4) Recent additions/2013/February, Archive of Main Page appearance.