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River House at Rood Bridge Park

... that the Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden in Rood Bridge Park (pictured) includes some 550 varieties of rhododendron, the official flower of the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States?
... that David Logan, onetime mayor of Portland, Oregon, studied law under later U.S. President Abraham Lincoln?
... that the Bernard Daly Educational Fund, established in 1922, has provided over 2,000 college scholarships to students from communities in Lake County, Oregon?
... that Eugene Linden hitchhiked from Portland, Oregon, to Tacoma, Washington, at age 21 to establish the Tacoma Philharmonic?

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