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 * ...that of the sixty delegates to the Oregon Constitutional Convention, (Oregon Territory Seal pictured) thirty-four were farmers, while eighteen were lawyers, including three justices of the Oregon Supreme Court?
 * ...that in 1851, Hugh O'Bryant was elected the first mayor of Portland by a mere four votes?
 * ...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets?
 * ... that the maritime fur trade helped New England transform from an agrarian to an industrial society?

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