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... that the Jensen Arctic Museum (pictured) in Monmouth, Oregon, is the only museum on the West Coast other than in Alaska that focuses solely on Arctic culture?
... that Harry V. Gates' former ranch became the Crooked River Ranch in Eastern Oregon, and his former house in Hillsboro, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
... that Lookingglass, Oregon, became nationally famous in the 1970s when a parking meter for horses was installed in front of the general store?
... that the Portland, a restored 1947 sternwheeler based in Portland, Oregon, was the last steam-powered tugboat built in the United States?

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