- ... that the Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden in Rood Bridge Park (pictured) includes some 550 varieties of rhododendron, the official flower of the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States?
- ... that David Logan, onetime mayor of Portland, Oregon, studied law under later U.S. President Abraham Lincoln?
- ... that the Bernard Daly Educational Fund, established in 1922, has provided over 2,000 college scholarships to students from communities in Lake County, Oregon?
- ... that Eugene Linden hitchhiked from Portland, Oregon, to Tacoma, Washington, at age 21 to establish the Tacoma Philharmonic?