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Joseph Hamilton Lambert

... that Oregon pioneer Joseph Hamilton Lambert (pictured) developed the Lambert cherry?
... that the size of Fish Lake in Oregon, taking water over the Cascade Divide via the Cascade Canal from nearby Fourmile Lake, is now three times larger than it was before 1902?
... that the Eugene Saturday Market in Eugene, Oregon, is the oldest weekly open-air crafts market in the United States and is attended by 3,000 and 5,000 people every week?
... that the tragic death of Bonnie McCarroll at the 1929 Pendleton Round-Up led to the cancellation of women's bronc riding from rodeo competition?

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