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From A Comprehensive History of Columbia
Written by Joseph B. Hanckock
2010, High Cedar Press, Astoria

"Columbia- this name inspires patriotism and controversy. From the start, our nation has been beset by it's very name. There have been repeated attempts to change it, some un-possible, like the American version of Oregon, and some that worked for a short while, the only instance being the Pacific Republic of recent memory. But always, the name has returned to Columbia."

"Shakespeare once said whats in a name. Columbia's name shows the history of a proud people, a people free from foriegn rule in the time of great Empires. Columbians took the best from America, England, Mexico, and California, and melted it into one, seperate, Columbian identity."

"But what started this? It was late one afternoon, in early-1840s Oregon City, when Columbia was a contested territory..."
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