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 * ...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers (home arena pictured) in 1954?
 * ...that George K. Gay ' s house was the first brick house in Oregon and served as the boundary marker between Yamhill and Polk counties?
 * ...that Hallie Ford made the largest donation in the history of Willamette University in 2006, and the largest donation ever to a cultural group in Oregon in 2007?
 * ... that more than 50 rivers and creeks on the list of longest streams of Oregon are at least 40 mi long?

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 * 1) Recent additions 89, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions 191, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions 193, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 4) Recent additions/2010/September, archive of Main Page appearance.