Portal:Oregon/DYK/87


 * ... that J. K. Gill (pictured) started a bookstore in Portland, Oregon, in 1870 that grew to a chain of almost 40 stores before the company folded in 1999?
 * ... that Providence Newberg Medical Center in Oregon was the first hospital in the United States to earn a Gold LEED certification?
 * ... that Philip Leget Edwards, the first teacher in what became the U.S. state of Oregon, later served in the legislatures of Missouri and California?
 * ... that the tracks of the Oregon and Northwestern Railroad are well preserved, even though they weren't well-built and they have been flooded by Malheur Lake?

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 * 1) Recent additions 239, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions 239, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions 239, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 4) Recent additions/2011/June, Archive of Main Page appearance.