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Oregon

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Place Type
state
Description
Inhabited by Chinook, Tillamook, Yamel, Northern Paiute, Modoc & many others when Spanish & English arrived in 16th cen.; settled by fur merchants in 18th cen.; great influx of settlers from E arrived in mid-19th cen.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Times Atlas of the World (1994); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Active

Hamilton Peter Aaris (American, 1906-1973)

Maxwell Allara (American, born Italy, 1906-1981)

Bonnie Allen (American, born 1901)

Marcy Yukiko Amano (American, born Japan, born 1937)

Marcus Amerman (American and Choctaw, born 1959)

Alice Asmar (American, born 1929)

Lilian P. Bain (American, 1873-1949)

Fae Heath Batten (American, 1927-1997)

Marlene Bauer (American, born 1950)

David Paul Bayles (American, born 1952)

Sidney Bell (American, born England, 1888-1964)

Barbara Black (American, born 1936)

Brian Borrello (American, born 1958)

Anne Boutwell (American, born 1932)

Catherine Bowen (American, active 20th century)

Frank Boyden (American, born 1942)

Ian Boyden (American, active 20th-21st centuries)

Drex Brooks (American, 1952-2023)

Edward M. Brownlee (American, born 1929)

David K. Brunn (American, born 1956)

Cody Bustamante (American, born 1955)

Joe Cantrell (American and Cherokee, born 1945)

Rockwell W. Carey (American, 1882-1954)

Elaine Chandler (American, active 20th century)

Choi Sang-ah (Korean, active United States, born 1971)

Larry Clark (American, born 1943)

G. Lewis Clevenger (American, born 1951)

Clohessy & Strengeles (American, active 20th century)

John Marion Crook (American, 1857-1924)

Gwen Davidson (American, born 1951)

Clarke Davis (American, active 20th century)

Jerry Davis (American, active 20th century)

Robert DiFranco (American, born 1950)

Patricia Beaton Dodd (American, born 1929)

David Duncan (American, active 20th century)

Mary Farnham (American, born 1924)

Marie Louise Feldenheimer (American, 1894-1993)

Betty Feves (American, 1918-1985)

Marian Field (American, 1885-after 1944)

William Lovell Finley (American, 1876-1953)

Grace Fountain (American, 1858-1942)

Constance E. Fowler (American, 1907-1996)

Kay French (American, born 1953)

Cyrus Fulton (American, 1873-1949)

Marlene Gabel (American, 1933-1999)

Robert Galaher (American, 1919-1974)

William Galen (American, (1925-2020))

Byron Gardner (American, 1930-1992)

Bernard Geiser (American, 1887-1965)

Steve Gillman (American, born 1945)

Norma Driscoll Gilmore (American, born 1927)

William H. Givler (American, 1908-2000)

Clifford Gleason (American, 1914-1978)

Peter Goin (American, born 1951)

Pat Courtney Gold (American and Wasco, born 1939)

Joyce Grafe (American, born 1925)

Hanne Greaver (American, born Denmark, born 1933)

George D. Green (American, 1943-2020)

Gregory Grenon (American, 1948-2022)

Paul James Gunn (American, 1922-2001)

Carl Hall (American, 1921-1996)

Ruth Halvorsen (American, 1896-1993)

Adelaide Hanscom (American, 1876-1932)

James Lee Hansen (American, born 1925)

Robert Hanson (American, 1936-2011)

Tom Hardy (American, 1921-2016)

James Lewis Haseltine (American, 1924-2013)

Jane Winsberg Haseltine (American, born 1925)

Maury Haseltine (American, 1925-1998)

Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)

Frederick H. Heidel (American, 1915-2000)

Susan Hereford (American, born 1948)

Darle Hermann (American, born 1929)

Judy Hill (American, born 1953)

Hiratsuka Yūji (Japanese, active United States, born 1954)

Jani Hoberg (American, active 20th century)

Jo Hockenhull (American, active 20th century)

Julia E. Hoffman (American, 1856-1934)

Ann Hogle (American, born 1927)

Annamarie Van Hoomissen (American, active 20th century)

Bill Hoppe (American, born 1945)

Claudia J. Howell (American, active 20th and 21st centuries)

Robert Huck (American, 1923-1961)

Harlow Hudson (American, 1906-?)

Lee C. Imonen (American, born 1972)

Jo Jackson (American, born 1972)

Demetrios Jameson (American, 1919-1996)

Dorothy Dolph Jensen (American, 1895-1977)

Jay Jensen (American, born 1940)

Marg Johansen (American, 1923-2004)

Aaron Johanson (American, active 21st century)

Jeanette Johnson (American, born 1909)

Willard C. Johnson (American, 1902-1990)

Liza Jones (American, born 1944)

Kacey Joyce (American, born 1947)

Bue Kee (American, 1893-1985)

Clyde Leon Keller (American, 1872-1962)

Charles Kelly (American, born 1931)

Lee Kelly (American, 1932-2022)

Erinn Kennedy (American, born 1966)

Leta Kennedy (American, 1895-1986)

Maude Kerns (American, 1876-1965)

Marian Wood Kolisch (American, 1920-2008)

Hank Kowert (American, 1924-1977)

LaVerne Erickson Krause (American, 1924-1987)

Sarah Hall Ladd (American, 1857-1927)

Betty LaDuke (American, born 1933)

Cynthia Lahti (American, born 1963)

Christine Laptuta (American, born Canada, born 1951)

Margaret Law (American, 1907-2002)

John Lawrence (American, born 1940)

Patsy Lee (American, active 20th century)

James Leisy (American, 1950-2014)

Johanna Leovey (American, born 1949)

Shepard Levine (American, born 1927)

Henry Lewis (American, 1915-1958)

Frederic Littman (American, born Hungary, 1907-1979)

Roger A. Long (American, born 1935)

Bill Lutz (American, active 20th century)

Marie Lyman (American, 1950-2000)

Catherine Mackenzie (American, 1896-1960)

Jill Madsen (American, active 20th century)

Donna Belle Mann (American, 1932-1996)

Percy Manser (American, born England, 1886-1973)

Marilyn Maricle (American, active 20th century)

Ann Marra (American, active 20th century)

Barbara Mason (American, born 1945)

Lyle Matoush (American, born 1930)

James Mattingly (American, 1934-2006)

David McCosh (American, 1903-1981)

James McGarrell (American, born 1930)

Claude McGraw (American, 1919-1978)

William F. McIlwraith (American, born Canada, 1867-1940)

Charles C. McKim (American, 1862-1939)

Sally Merriman (American, active 20th century)

Robert Miller (American, born 1948)

Thomas Miller (American, born 1943)

Paul Missal (American, born 1941)

Jeanne Moment (American, 1901-1984)

Lee Moorhouse (American, 1850-1926)

Moriyasu Kenyu (Japanese, active in Portland, Oregon, 1910-1981)

Richard A. Muller (American, 1928-1991)

Georgiana Nehl (American, born 1953)

Ronald W. Neperud (American, born 1929)

Evelyn Neufer (American, 1900-1964)

James Norman (American, born 1952)

Eric Norstad (American, 1924-2013)

Daniel Northup (American, 1908-?)

Louis Ocepek (American, born 1942)

Frank Okada (American, 1931-2000)

John Paquette (American, active 20th century)

William Samuel Parrott (American, 1844-1915)

Ken Paul (American, born 1938)

David Pearson (American, born 1947)

Emil Perkins (American, active 20th century)

Martha Pfanschmidt (American, born 1954)

James Phillips (American, 1900-?)

Orleonok Pitkin (American, born 1946)

Deborah Poetsch (American, born 1956)

Charles Politz (American, active 20th century)

Craig Pozzi (American, 1942-2004)

Richard Prasch (American, 1918-1986)

C.S. Price (American, 1874-1950)

Tom Prochaska (American, born Czechoslovakia, born 1945)

Clyde Putnam, Sr. (American, active 20th century)

Christopher Rauschenberg (American, born 1951)

Lloyd J. Reynolds (American, 1902-1978)

John Henry Rock (American, 1919-1993)

Jeline Rodney (American, active 20th century)

Leonard Ruder (American, 1917-2010)

Albert C. Runquist (American, 1894-1971)

Arthur Runquist (American, 1891-1971)

Michele Russo (American, 1909-2004)

Florence Saltzman (American, 1917-1972)

Erik Sandgren (American, born 1952)

Lorene Schmidt (American, active 20th century)

Evan K. Sharer (American, born 1923)

Lawrence Shlim (American, born 1954)

Ken Shores (American, 1928-2014)

Jeanne Smith (American, active 20th century)

Amanda Snyder (American, 1894-1980)

Donald E. Sorensen (American, 1927-1994)

Mark Sponenburgh (American, 1916-2012)

Kim Stafford (American, active 20th century)

John Stahl (American, 1937–2017)

Patrick Stearns (American, born 1949)

Jerry L. Steiner (American, active 20th century)

John A. Stewart (American, born 1946)

Marly Stone (American, born 1944)

Angela Swedberg (American and Ojibwa, born 1962)

Wayne Pendleton Taysom (American, born 1925)

Peter Teneau (American, born 1929)

Lee R. Tillotson (American, born 1919)

Terry Toedtemeier (American, 1947-2008)

Jolan Torak (Hungarian, active United States, 1962-?)

Steven Trahan (American, active 20th century)

Claire Trotter (American, born 1913)

Brother Vincent Trujillo (American, born 1941)

James E. Van Patten (American, born 1939)

Andrew McDuffie Vincent (American, 1898-1993)

Charles Howard Voorhies (American, 1901-1970)

Leland Howard Wakefield (American, 1823-1914)

Elsa Warnick (American, born 1942)

Henry James Warre (British, 1819-1898)

Carleton Emmons Watkins (American, 1829-1916)

John Weber (American, born 1955)

Ed Welden (American, active 20th century)

Bennett Welsh (American, 1922-1998)

Henry Frederick Wentz (American, 1876-1965)

Bruce West (American, 1939-2021)

Lily E. White (American, 1866-1944)

Dale Whitney (American, active 20th century)

Myra Albert Wiggins (American, 1869-1956)

Lucia Wiley (American, 1906-1998)

Jack Wilkinson (American, 1913-1974)

Shedrich Williames (American, born 1934)

Valerie Willson (American, active 20th century)

Dorothy Gilbert Wilson (American, 1889-1988)

Holt C. Wilson (American, 1854-1918)

John Wimberley (American, born 1945)

Melville T. Wire (American, 1877-1966)

Deborah De Wit (American, active 20th century)

Sherrie Wolf (American, born 1952)

Warren A. Wolf (American, born 1924)

Charles Erskine Scott Wood (American, 1852-1944)

Christy Wyckoff (American, born 1946)

John B. Yeon (American, 1910-1994)

Died

Leroy Setziol (American, 1915-2005)

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