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Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis

... that the Van Buren Street Bridge (pictured) in Oregon is the last movable-span truss bridge constructed by the pin connection method located on the West Coast?
... that by the time their lands were ceded to the United States in the Kalapuya Treaty of 1855, only 400 Kalapuya Native Americans remained, the rest having died of disease or armed conflict?
... that Frank H. Schwarz's murals for the Oregon State Capitol, including Lewis and Clark at Celilo Falls, were painted in New York and sent across the continent for installation?
... that Hillsboro, Oregon's minor league baseball stadium was built in less than one year?

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