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... that in 1929, Solomon and Hattie Chandler donated land to the state of Oregon for a park, now called Chandler State Wayside (pictured)?
... that the sternwheeler Eva illegally hauled dynamite through Southern Oregon, in boxes labeled as containing bacon?
... that Margaret Fritsch was the first woman to be licensed as an architect in Oregon?
... that the 30-member Oregon Mandolin Orchestra is modeled on the traditional mandolin orchestras that were popular in the United States during the 19th century?

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