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- ...that the Solomon Courthouse (pictured) has twice served as a post office, and was the setting for a courtroom scene in The Hunted?
- ...that the 371-acre Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 1.2 million seabirds—more than California and Washington combined?
- ...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838?
- ... that the historic P Ranch in Oregon, owned by cattle baron Peter French, covered 140,000 acres (570 km2) and required 500 miles of barbed wire fence for protection?
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[edit]- Wikipedia:Recent additions 189, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions 171, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/August, archive of Main Page appearance.