Portal:Oregon/DYK/205

... that Blalock, Oregon, was inundated by rising waters after the John Day Dam (pictured) was constructed?
... that in 1961, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in the Oregon State Senate 20 to 10, but majority leader Alfred H. Corbett did not get enough votes to be elected its President?
... that the Redmond–Bend Juniper State Scenic Corridor serves as a buffer of natural high desert habitat along U.S. Route 97 between the cities of Bend and Redmond in central Oregon?
... that with a 20 million year fossil record, Acer chaneyi has the longest fossil record of the Western North American maples?

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