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 * ...that the Solomon Courthouse (pictured) has twice served as a post office, and was the setting for a courtroom scene in The Hunted?
 * ...that the 371-acre Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 1.2 million seabirds—more than California and Washington combined?
 * ...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838?
 * ... that the historic P Ranch in Oregon, owned by cattle baron Peter French, covered 140000 acre and required 500 miles of barbed wire fence for protection?

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 * 1) Recent additions 189, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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 * 4) Recent additions/2010/August, archive of Main Page appearance.