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 ====== Oregon ====== ====== Oregon ======
  
-Filled with trees.  Portland is nice only because they have this huge bookstore (Powells) that constitutes an entire city block.  Has Crater Lake, and a big cheese factory near Tillamook Bay.  Dave Howery once lived in the eastern part of the state, in a <del>horrible horrible</del> reasonably nice (because it has the single museum in the whole of Oregon Country that sells something other than Lewis and Clark-related merchandise and books) town called Baker City, which, after living there for a couple of days, he quickly nicknamed "The Armpit of Creation."+Filled with trees.  Portland is nice only because they have this huge bookstore (Powells) that constitutes an entire city block.  Has Crater Lake, and a big cheese factory near Tillamook Bay. [[Dave Howery]] once lived in the eastern part of the state, in a <del>horrible horrible</del> reasonably nice (because it has the single museum in the whole of Oregon Country that sells something other than Lewis and Clark-related merchandise and books) town called Baker City, which, after living there for a couple of days, he quickly nicknamed "The Armpit of Creation." 
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 +==== Oregon in alternate history ====
  
 The term "Oregon Country", often mentioned in AH, refers to a much larger territory disputed between the USA and Britain/Canada. The bottom half of this eventually became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, while the northern half became part of British Columbia. A quick glance at the map thread will show a large number of maps by Britons/Canadians and Americans claiming the whole territory for their country. No-one is quite sure why. The term "Oregon Country", often mentioned in AH, refers to a much larger territory disputed between the USA and Britain/Canada. The bottom half of this eventually became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, while the northern half became part of British Columbia. A quick glance at the map thread will show a large number of maps by Britons/Canadians and Americans claiming the whole territory for their country. No-one is quite sure why.
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 ==== AH.commers ==== ==== AH.commers ====
  
   * [[hopper2cool]]   * [[hopper2cool]]
 +  * [[JP Morgan]]
 +  * [[Kyronea]]
  
 If you're from here, feel free to add yourself to the list.  If you're from here, feel free to add yourself to the list. 
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