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 * ...that the physician Marie Equi (pictured) became an anarchist after being attacked by police in Oregon, while she was picketing during a strike supported by the Industrial Workers of the World?
 * ...that the Colonel Wright was the first steamboat to run on the Snake River?
 * ...that Charles Starr and Bruce Starr were the first father and son tandem to serve at the same time in the Oregon State Senate?
 * ... that the Wal-Mart brand of women's clothing White Stag was originally a company that manufactured downhill skiing apparel in Portland, Oregon, in the 1930s?

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