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Marie Equi

...that the physician Marie Equi (pictured) became an anarchist after being attacked by police in Oregon, while she was picketing during a strike supported by the Industrial Workers of the World?
...that the Colonel Wright was the first steamboat to run on the Snake River?
...that Charles Starr and Bruce Starr were the first father and son tandem to serve at the same time in the Oregon State Senate?
... that the Wal-Mart brand of women's clothing White Stag was originally a company that manufactured downhill skiing apparel in Portland, Oregon, in the 1930s?

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