Portal:Oregon/DYK/169

... that Frank Dekum (pictured), a 19th-century banker in Portland, Oregon, and president of the German Songbird Society, imported thrushes, starlings, nightingales, and other German songbirds to Oregon?
... that the Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump in Oregon contains 25,000 drums of chemical waste, dumped in 1969 by a predecessor of Bayer CropScience?
... that Blazed Alder Creek, which supplies part of the drinking water for Portland, Oregon, was named for a {{convert|24|in|cm|adj=on}} blazed (marked) alder tree used as a benchmark for early watershed surveys?
... that National Football League player Geoff Schwartz didn't start playing football until age 13, because his parents wanted him to study for his Bar Mitzvah?

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