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- ... that Eliza Barchus (pictured), who was widely recognized for her paintings of the Cascade Range volcanoes, sold many postcards of her work to augment her income?
- ...that Oregon's Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge was the first National Wildlife Refuge established west of the Mississippi River and turned a hundred years old in 2007?
- ...that missionary Josiah Parrish drove the first spike for the Oregon and California Railroad, and had a land dispute reach the U. S. Supreme Court?
- ... that, in 2004, Portland City Grill became Oregon's first restaurant to make Restaurants & Institutions magazine's list of the "top 100 highest-grossing independent restaurants" in the United States?
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[edit]- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/March, archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions 171, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions 171, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/July, archive of Main Page appearance.