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2 unusual facts about eastern Oregon


Eastern Oregon

Shortly thereafter Henry Villard, who then controlled OR&N, moved aggressively to block entry of the then under construction Northern Pacific Railway into the Columbia Gorge.

In the 2012 Presidential Election, Mitt Romney received at least 60% of the vote in every county in Eastern Oregon.


John M. Drake

Drake and several other cavalry officers led lengthy explorations through eastern Oregon, northern Nevada, and southwestern Idaho searching for Indian raiders.

Umatilla people

Linguistically, the Umatilla people spoke a tongue that was part of the Sahaptin division of the Penutian language family — closely related to other peoples of today's Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, and the Idaho panhandle.

William P. Remington

He was appointed as missionary bishop of Eastern Oregon in 1922, and later elected as suffragan bishop of Pennsylvania in 1945.


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1982 CFL Draft

46. Saskatchewan Roughriders Paul Starkey C Eastern Oregon

Ady, Oregon

In prior years, northbound freight and passengers bound for Klamath Falls and other eastern Oregon destinations left the Southern Pacific main line at Weed, California, using the McCloud Railway to transit the southern slopes of Mt. Shasta to Bartle, California.

Monument Rocks

Monument Rock Wilderness, a wilderness area within the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon.

Portland Air Defense Sector

PADS was established in June 1958 assuming control of former ADC Western Air Defense Force units in eastern Oregon and northwest California.

The Dalles Military Road

In 1904, the Eastern Oregon Land Company offered to sell some of its grant lands in Sherman County, to the Federal government.