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... that Jay H. Upton (pictured), a private in the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish–American War, later became President of the Oregon State Senate?
... that a father and son received the death penalty for the Woodburn bank bombing, which accidentally killed two policemen?
... that in 2015, the Oregon Department of State Lands closed Crump Lake to the public because drought had reduced the lake’s water level exposing the lakebed to looting by cultural artifact hunters?
... that LaVerne Krause, who started the printmaking program at the University of Oregon, had previously exhibited her paintings for sale in a beauty parlor and a tavern?

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