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Mt. Hood: so mellow, you forget it’s a real volcano

Climbing Mount Hood is a big achievement. It’s no Everest, but at 11,244 feet Oregon’s highest is not an insignificant mountain either. But modern climbers making the final assault on […]

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Early Portland man’s wake worked – he woke right up!
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Hank Vaughan, Oregon’s legendary outlaw: Part 1
‘Daredevil Al’ Fossett was Evel Knievel of the ’20s
Oregon helped Hoover prevent mass starvation

One of 20th Century's most reviled presidents, he saved millions from starving - and grew up in Oregon; his name is on the title deed for Boston Flouring Mills