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2. Holmes v. Ford - Wikipedia

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   Holmes v. Ford was an American court case in the Oregon Territory that freed a slave family in the territory in 1853. The decision re-affirmed that slavery was illegal in the territory as outlined in the Organic Laws of Oregon that were continued once the region became a U.S. territory. In the decision, Chief Justice of the Oregon Territorial ...

3. Oregon v. Elstad - Wikipedia

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   A house in the town of Salem, Polk County (most of Salem is located in Marion County ), Oregon was burglarized. A witness to the burglary contacted the local sheriff's office and implicated an 18 year old neighbor, Michael Elstad. Two officers went to Elstad's home with a warrant for his arrest. When the police entered the house and asked ...

4. Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands - Wikipedia

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   O&C land acreage by county. The Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands (commonly known as O&C Lands), are approximately 2,600,000 acres (1,100,000 ha) of land located in eighteen counties of western Oregon. Originally granted to the Oregon & California Railroad to build a railroad between Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California ...

5. Polk County, Oregon - Wikipedia

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   www.co.polk.or.us. Map of Polk County. Polk County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,433. [1] The county seat is Dallas. [2] The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk County is part of the Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which ...

6. Formerly commuted Oregon man charged in connection to death ...

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   Webster's body was found in northwest Polk County near Mill Creek last April. Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced a grand jury had indicted Calhoun, who is currently incarcerated ...

7. List of Oregon judges - Wikipedia

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   List of Oregon judges. This is a list of Oregon judges that have served within the confines of the United States in the state of Oregon, as well as people from Oregon that have served in federal courts outside of the state. These include judges that served prior to statehood on February 14, 1859, including the judges of the Provisional ...