- ... that when the New Redmond Hotel (pictured) opened, it was billed as Oregon's finest hotel east of the Cascade Mountains with rooms from $1 per day?
- ... that Babette March, the first cover model of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in Halfway, Oregon?
- ... that actor Bret Harrison's first role was in Our Town at the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre in Hillsboro, Oregon?
- ... that snow buckwheat and parsnipflower buckwheat were used by Native Americans to treat diarrhea?