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Portland, Oregon, U.S. The Advocate was a four-page weekly newspaper in Portland, Oregon, [1] [2] established as a news source for Portland's African American community. [3] It was founded in 1903 and was covered as an active entity in other Portland press until at least 1936. The Advocate was known as Portland's second oldest black newspaper. [4]
Sally Anne Struthers was born July 28, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, [1] the second of two daughters [2] [3] born to Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon. She has an older sister, Sue. [3] Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. [2]
Packy (April 14, 1962 – February 9, 2017) was an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo (Portland Zoological Gardens at the time of his birth) in Portland, Oregon, United States. He was famous for having been the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. [ 1][ 2] At the time of his death, he was the oldest male Asian elephant in ...
41-03150 [ 5] GNIS feature ID. 2409744 [ 3] Website. www.astoria.or.us. Astoria is a port city and the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1811, Astoria is the oldest city in the state and was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. [ 6]
The history of the city of Portland, Oregon, began in 1843 when business partners William Overton and Asa Lovejoy filed to claim land on the west bank of the Willamette River in Oregon Country. In 1845 the name of Portland was chosen for this community by coin toss. February 8, 1851, the city was incorporated. [ 1]
Oregon would not see the AFL again until 2013 when the Portland Thunder were established by Clackamas billionaire Terry Emmert and would take the field a few months later. The Thunder were rebranded as the Portland Steel in 2016 after the league took control of the franchise from Emmert, then abruptly folded at season's end with no explanation.
41-59000. GNIS ID. 2411471 [ 6] Website. www .portland .gov. Portland ( / ˈpɔːrtlənd / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County ...
The Guard was launched in Eugene City on Saturday, June 1, 1867, by John B. Alexander, [4] and has been continuously published since October 24 of that year. [5] [6] [7] The paper began as a weekly organ expressing allegiance to the states' rights–oriented Democratic Party and it joined an existing Republican paper in the field, the Oregon State Journal, published by Harrison R. Kincaid.