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...that the first bank in Oregon was co-founded by William S. Ladd (pictured), who had previously built the first brick building in Portland, Oregon?
...that the first Douglas DC-9 jet airliner to crash was West Coast Airlines Flight 956 in 1966?
...that Oregon judge William Gilbert opposed Joseph McKenna's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court after the two had served together on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals?
... that a pit-house discovered near Trout Creek is at least 5,000 years old?

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