Portal:Oregon/DYK/171

... that the Jacob Kamm House (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, was built with wooden siding and quoining to imitate stone?
... that in Oregon's 1990 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Mark Hatfield's opponent in the Republican primary was best known for having spent 40 days tree sitting to protest old-growth logging?
... that the Pistol River received its name after James Mace lost his pistol in it in 1853?
... that the Terwilliger curves, a six-lane section of Interstate 5 in Portland, Oregon, had an average of 100 car accidents per year between 1995 and 2005?

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