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... that Kentucky native Morton M. McCarver (pictured) helped found Burlington, Iowa, and Linnton, Oregon, before helping draft the California Constitution and founding Tacoma, Washington?
... that students from Tualatin Valley Junior Academy's Ring of Fire handbell choir performed at both inaugurations of U.S. President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2005?
... that Edward D. Hamilton was appointed as the Secretary of the Oregon Territory after later U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declined the position?
... that more than 4,000 people rallied in Portland, Oregon, for Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an assault on a gay couple?

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