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... that
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon
'
s land claim was logged for firewood to be used in a foundry by the
Oregon Iron Company
, but is now the
Tryon Creek State Natural Area
(pictured)
?
... that the
Prewitt-Allen Archaeological Museum
in
Salem, Oregon
, has a
mummy
of a 3,500 year-old
falcon
?
... that
Freeman Fitzgerald
played
football
with
Knute Rockne
and once
struck out
19 batters in a
baseball
game?
... that after the
O&C Lands
were revested to the United States government, 18
Oregon counties
received federal payments that may have ended in 2012?
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