Portal:Oregon/DYK/Prep

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 * ... that the Goodwillie–Allen House, an American Craftsman-style bungalow, is the oldest building in Bend, Oregon?
 * ... that when he served in the Oregon House of Representatives, Denton G. Burdick (pictured) represented a district that was nearly the size of Pennsylvania?
 * ... that a committee of eight Portland, Oregon, residents purchased the Madison Street Bridge in 1891 for over $3.8 million in 2015 dollars?
 * ... that in 1920, Irvin S. Cobb, a writer for The Saturday Evening Post, organized a hunting trip to Oregon looking for a lava bear specimen?
 * ... that Edward A. Geary was unanimously elected Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives by his Republican and Democrat peers?
 * ... that 2016 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Callahan once ran for the Oregon House of Representatives under the Green Party label in order to siphon votes from the Democratic candidate?
 * ... that in 1880, Stephen P. Moss and Charles A. Cogswell founded the Lake County Examiner to advocate their Democratic political views in southern Oregon?
 * ... that Glass Buttes is a mountain group in central Oregon named for the large deposits of obsidian found on their slopes?
 * ... that Hazel P. Heath paid children to pick wild berries for her jam and jelly business?
 * ... that photographer Sally Bush bought a 1909 Baker electric car and drove it just once, through the front window of a local pharmacy?
 * ... that the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission selected Listening for Coyote by William L. Sullivan as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history?
 * ... that Carolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909?
 * ... that during an October 2016 tornado in Manzanita, Oregon (damage pictured), the local branch of the National Weather Service issued a record ten tornado warnings in a single day?
 * ... that Joan Acker and Miriam Johnson of the Center for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
 * ... that the fossil tupelo Nyssa spatulata was described from seeds found in Oregon?
 * ... that during the American Civil War, William V. Rinehart served as an officer in both the 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment?
 * ... that in 1945, Lieutenant James B. Thayer and his platoon liberated the Gunskirchen Lager concentration camp, saving thousands of Jewish and political prisoners from starvation?
 * ... that in Portland, Oregon, an outhouse, or john, played a seminal role in public education?
 * ... that arriving penniless in Oregon in 1903, Harley J. Overturf financed his education at the University of Oregon by filing a timber claim and selling the property for a profit?
 * ... that the McLoughlin Promenade (pictured) sits on a bluff in Oregon that was occupied by the Molala people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
 * ... that the Stumptown scud, a crustacean endemic to the Portland metropolitan area, looks like a "cross between a prawn and a potato bug"?
 * ... that Al Densmore was 24 years old when he took his seat in the Oregon House of Representatives, and just four years later his House peers elected him speaker pro tempore?
 * ... that the first county courthouse for Lake County, Oregon, was built on 20 acre donated by Mark W. Bullard in 1876?
 * ... that Robert Lee Burns, a reformed convict from Oregon, was the subject of an interstate extradition battle between Oregon and California?
 * ... that Harry Traver's Jazz Railways, Sesquicentennial Cyclone, and Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters (including the notorious Palisades Park Cyclone, Oaks Park Zip, Crystal Beach Cyclone, and Revere Beach Lightning) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" (diagram pictured)?
 * ... that an argument over a horse led to a law banning all black settlers from Oregon in 1844?
 * ... that Henry Semon lost his seat in the Oregon legislature when he accepted a position on the state's agriculture board, but was reappointed to the legislature after resigning from the board?
 * ... that the mobile library Street Books uses library cards but does not set or enforce due dates?
 * ... that the bell of the First Presbyterian Church (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, was cast from Civil War cannons?
 * ... that an 1844 Oregon law required all slaves to be freed—and all freed slaves to leave Oregon?
 * ... that before becoming a state representative and state senator, George Merryman served as a ship's doctor on a commercial steamship traveling between Portland, Oregon and the Far East?
 * ... that in August 2017, the Cinder Butte Fire (pictured) threatened important archaeological sites in Central Oregon?
 * ... that during the summer of 2017, the Milli Fire burned over 24000 acre of forest land in Oregon, much of it in the Three Sisters Wilderness area?
 * ... that on the day Horace P. Belknap was interred in 1936, National Guard inductions were suspended in Central Oregon because all the local medical examiners were attending his funeral?
 * ... that along with Mount Defiance and Mount Bailey, Diamond Peak is one of the few andesitic shield volcanos in the Cascade Range?
 * ... that former Oregon state legislator Hazen A. Brattain died a month after completing a seven-month world tour?
 * ... that gold was discovered on Cline Buttes in central Oregon in 1904, but proved uneconomic to mine?
 * ... that the Summer Lake Hot Springs bathhouse (pictured), built in 1928, is a timber and tin structure with a 15 x bathing pool inside?
 * ... that Asa Miller, one of only two athletes competing for the Philippines at the 2018 Winter Olympics, was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and still lives there?
 * ... that in 1844, Thomas D. Keizur was elected captain of the Oregon Rangers, the first militia unit authorized and formed in the Oregon Country?
 * ... that in 2016, Oregon’s legislative Emergency Board provided $2 million to reimburse state and local agencies for costs resulting from the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?
 * ... that the Organ Grinder Restaurant Wurlitzer pipe organ included such effects as a submarine dive alarm?
 * ... that Oregon rancher Bill Brown, known as the "Horse King of the West", often wrote checks on newspaper margins and soup can labels—which bankers would cash without question?
 * ... that Interstate 84 is the longest freeway in Oregon and the only one to traverse the state from west to east?
 * ... that during the Petticoat Revolution, Laura Starcher became mayor of Umatilla, Oregon, while keeping her candidacy a secret from her husband—the current mayor—until the afternoon of election day?
 * ... that Cline Falls and Cline Buttes in Central Oregon are named after pioneer dentist Cass A. Cline?
 * ... that during World War II, future Oregon state senator Gordon W. McKay participated in the Battle of Tarawa as a Seabee?
 * ... that the Oregon Military Museum has more than 14,000 artifacts in its collection, including 50 vehicles, 750 weapons, and 5 military aircraft?
 * ... that Les Joslin wrote a book detailing the history and architecture of 75 United States Forest Service ranger stations in 12 western states?
 * ... that even though the Baker Hotel (pictured) was nearly fully booked during the filming of the 1969 musical film Paint Your Wagon, it closed shortly thereafter?
 * ... that in 1947, state representative Rose M. Poole was part of a Republican majority in the Oregon House of Representatives that outnumbered Democrats 58 to 2?
 * ... that the law center at Willamette University is named in honor of Oregon businessman and philanthropist Truman W. Collins?
 * ... that Portland's MAX Red Line light rail, initially planned decades into the future, was built ahead of other projects because of an unsolicited proposal by Bechtel?
 * ... that Byron A. Stover was an American football letterman and forestry major at Ohio State University before moving to Oregon to become a successful businessman and state legislator?
 * ... that Ursula K. Le Guin once rejected an offer from Hayao Miyazaki to adapt her Earthsea series for the screen, but changed her mind after watching Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro?
 * ... that James F. Short served as director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture under four governors?
 * ... that brown trout in the vicinity of Cline Falls can reach 20 in in length and weigh as much as 8 lb?
 * ... that when the state of Oregon created Deschutes County in 1916, Harvey H. DeArmond was appointed as the county's first district attorney?
 * ... that Portland's MAX Blue Line (train pictured) was built as a result of freeway revolts in the 1970s?
 * ... that Portland's NS Line opened in 2001 as the first newly built streetcar line in the United States in 50 years to use modern vehicles?
 * ... that American collage artist Eunice Parsons, who turns 103 today, is the last of the "Northwest Matriarchs of Modernism"?
 * ... that in 1982, Brooks Resources, originally a subsidiary of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, donated 135 acre to help Donald Kerr establish the High Desert Museum near Bend, Oregon?
 * ... that Charity Lamb was the first woman convicted of murder in the Oregon Territory?
 * ... that Dorothy Olsen was one of only 12 American women certified for night flight in World War II?
 * ... that former Oregon state representative Ole W. Grubb and his wife had nine children of their own and cared for about 160 foster children?
 * ... that businessman Delford M. Smith acquired the Spruce Goose for the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon?
 * ... that an owner of radio station KPRB sold it to devote himself to his duties as the fire chief of Redmond, Oregon?
 * ... that Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, a pristine estuary in Oregon, almost became a golf course?
 * ... that the MAX Light Rail system in Portland, Oregon, includes North America's deepest transit station, at 260 ft below ground?
 * ... that Oregon state representative J. Patrick Metke flew two-engine Navy bombers on anti-submarine patrols during World War II?
 * ... that the Portland Streetcar's Loop Service enabled the production of the first U.S.-built streetcars in nearly 60 years?
 * ... that Kessler R. Cannon, who later became an Oregon state representative, interviewed Oregon pioneers for his popular 15 Minute Histories radio program broadcast on KBND in the 1950s?
 * ... that a "self-proclaimed public avenger" cut down the tower of Oregon television station KVDO-TV in 1976 to protest its sale to the state government?
 * ... that senator William H. Strayer was the only Democrat in the Oregon State Senate in 1931?
 * ... that lumberman-turned-newspaper-publisher Wesley O. Smith served two terms in the state legislature, representing what are now six large counties in central Oregon?
 * ... that Oregon state representative John H. Carkin was unanimously elected Speaker of the Oregon House in 1927, with support from all Democratic House members as well as his fellow Republicans?
 * ... that former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives Frank J. Van Dyke was born in Penang, Straits Settlements, British Malaya, in 1907?
 * ... that during the Great Depression, Ernest R. Fatland led an organization that helped Oregonian farmers reduce their mortgage payments and other debts to save their farms from foreclosure?
 * ... that the owner of Oregon radio station KLOO offered $10,000 to anyone who could bring an extraterrestrial lifeform to the station's studios?
 * ... that Chemeketa Community College president emeritus Gretchen Schuette once rappelled from a roof at an annual State of the College address?
 * ... that Virgil Conn was a member of the Oregon Legislature during the 1897 session that failed to organize due to the lack of a quorum?
 * ... that the unfinished Interstate 405 was used to mark the border between two of Oregon's congressional districts?
 * ... that American legislator Uriah F. Abshier rescued his son from an 1894 Christmas Eve fire in Silver Lake, Oregon, that killed 43 people, including his wife?
 * ... that Ira F. M. Butler was Speaker of the House of Representatives in the last session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature prior to statehood?
 * ... that Obed Dickinson, an abolitionist pastor in Oregon in the mid-1800s, was pressured into resigning for advocating for racial equality?
 * ... that Hayden Bridge is the oldest intact bridge in the US state of Oregon?
 * ... that Robert McLean served as a missionary in Chile for six years before moving to Oregon, where he founded two churches and was elected to the state legislature?
 * ... that William M. King, who was born in Connecticut, lived and worked in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Missouri before becoming the third speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives?
 * ... that in 1943, the United States Army conducted a large-scale battle near Stauffer, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Maneuver training exercise preparing troops for combat in World War II?
 * ... that David Kennedy, co-founder of the agency that came up with Nike's Just Do It campaign, was once gifted 50 pairs of Levi's denims by his employees?
 * ... that when Oregon journalist Larry Smyth was asked who he thought would win presidential elections, he invariably replied "the man who gets the most votes"?
 * ... that former Oregon legislator William Massingill died while attending a boxing match?
 * ... that the only remaining artifact in the ghost town of Fremont, Oregon, is a juniper stump notched with steps that women travelers used to mount horses in a modest fashion?
 * ... that the completion of Interstate 205 in Oregon was delayed to mitigate air and noise pollution for a jail that closed a few months later?
 * ... that shortly after getting married in 1875, Robert A. Emmitt crossed the Cascade Mountains driving a cattle herd while his wife led a pack horse that carried their possessions?
 * ... that in Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, decided 110 years ago today [February 19, 2022], the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the initiative process?
 * ... that when John Emmitt was traveling to the Oregon Territory in 1852 along the Oregon Trail, two of his three children died of cholera and were buried along the route?
 * ... that Saint Rose Catholic Church   was moved from the ghost town of Fleetwood, Oregon, to the Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum in 1988?
 * ... that Jack Morris, who set Oregon Ducks football records in single-season scoring and consecutive successful conversions, also won three state titles in hurdling?
 * ... that after serving as President of the Oregon State Senate, Brady L. Adams founded BearFest in Grants Pass, Oregon, which featured playful fiberglass bear statues placed around the town?
 * ... that women- and minority-owned businesses built the Frequent Express high-capacity bus line in Portland, Oregon?
 * ... that Earle M. Chiles, a businessman and philanthropist from Portland, Oregon, was also a senator of the board of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany?
 * ... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist?
 * ... that in 1858, when Congress delayed its decision on Oregon statehood, Nathaniel H. Gates became the last Speaker of Oregon’s Territorial House of Representatives?
 * ... that in 1943, it took the Oregon State Senate 45 ballots to elect William H. Steiwer as president of the senate over fellow Republican Dorothy McCullough Lee?
 * ... that it has been a goal of Oregon state senator Bill Hansell to get the potato officially designated as the state vegetable?
 * ... that Bit House Saloon menu featured Rocky Mountain oysters?
 * ... that Linn County clerk Del Riley established Oregon's vote-by-mail system, now used as the only voting method in the state?
 * ... that the bishop of Oregon's residence in Portland once had a private chapel, a ballroom, and a wine cellar?
 * ... that John C. Carson built the first sidewalk in Portland, Oregon?
 * ... that Cathy Whims has opened several restaurants in Portland, Oregon, including the Nostrana, which has been described as "Portland's capital of the Negroni"?
 * ... that Gus C. Moser served five 4-year terms in the Oregon State Senate, including two non-consecutive 2-year periods as senate president, to which post he was elected unanimously in 1917?
 * ... that future state senator William T. Vinton was sent to jail for contempt of court when he refused to sign a city paving contract, but was later vindicated by an Oregon Supreme Court decision?
 * ... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name?
 * ... that during World War I, Roy W. Ritner was elected unopposed to the Oregon State Senate while serving with the American Red Cross in France?
 * ... that while George C. Brownell played no part in the Oregon land fraud scandal, a published cartoon (pictured) showed him as the "Pretty Moth" that flew too close to the land fraud limelight?
 * ... that LaVonne Griffin-Valade, the Oregon Secretary of State, has published four crime fiction novels?
 * ... that 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage?
 * ... that Oregon state senator William Kuykendall was a physician who founded the first hospital in Eugene, Oregon?