Portal:Oregon/DYK/173


 * ... that in choosing between the names Portland and Boston, Francis Pettygrove (pictured) and Asa Lovejoy, the founders of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, settled the question by a coin toss?
 * ... that former Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis coached the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1981 to 1984?
 * ... that the original office for The Bulletin, the first newspaper in Bend, Oregon, was in a cabin located on the banks of the Deschutes River?
 * ... that in 1899, the Roba Ranch in Central Oregon had one of its sheep camps burned, the result of a range war between cattlemen and sheepherders?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2010/April, Archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2013/July, Archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2011/May, Archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 4) Recent additions/2013/September, Archive of Main Page appearance.