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  2. List of people from Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Les AuCoin (born 1942) — retired US Congressman, 1st Dist., 1974–1992, Oregon State House Majority Leader, 1973—74; Jean M. Auel (born 1936) – author; Thomas J. Autzen (1888–1958) – namesake of University of Oregon's stadium, contributing engineer to plywood manufacturing technologies

  3. List of people from Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Contemporarily, it is the most populous city in Oregon, and the second-largest city in the Pacific Northwest. [1] This list of notable people includes persons who were either born in, are current residents of, or have lived in Portland. A person who lives in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a Portlander

  4. History of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The construction of dams, like The Dalles Dam, was central to the power supply of the region. The history of Oregon, a U.S. state, may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans (primarily fur traders), settlement by pioneers, and modern development.

  5. Category:Oregon pioneers - Wikipedia

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    American pioneers, missionaries, trappers, and traders who arrived and settled in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon before 1890, especially those who arrived on the Oregon Trail from 1843 until 1855 and those who arrived pre-statehood in 1859. 1890 is when the United States Census Bureau officially declared the U.S. frontier closed. People ...

  6. Category:People from Oregon - Wikipedia

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    This category is for people from the United States state of Oregon Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Oregon Also: Countries : United States : States : Oregon : People

  7. Native American peoples of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon: Volume 1. Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1922. Ross Cox, Adventures on the Columbia River: Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains Among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown, Together with a Journey Across the American Continent.

  8. List of people from Bend, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Bend, Oregon, a city in Central Oregon in the western part of the United States of America. A separate list of people from Oregon is available. Broda Otto Barnes, physician, hypothyroidism researcher; Shannon Bex, member of the musical group Danity Kane

  9. List of University of Oregon alumni - Wikipedia

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    Professor emeritus of European History at University of California, Berkeley [153] W. Sherman Savage: M.A. 1926 History professor at Lincoln University in Missouri; first African American to graduate from the University of Oregon [154] Brian Swimme: Ph.D. 1978 Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies [155] Angela Yang: M.L.S.