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... that the two largest
Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir
trees in the
United States
survived the
B&B Complex Fires
(pictured)
that burned 90,769 acres (367.33 km
2
) of forest in the
Cascade Range
of
Oregon
?
...that
James T. Brand
of the
Oregon Supreme Court
was the presiding judge for most of the
Judges' Trial
, in which 10 German lawyers and judges were convicted of
war crimes
after
World War II
?
...that
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
was the site of
Tiger Woods
’ record third consecutive
amateur championship
?
... that after he was re-elected in
Oregon's 1992 U.S. Senate election
,
Bob Packwood
endorsed his defeated rival
Les AuCoin
for
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
?
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