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The Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon.

...that the Solomon Courthouse (pictured) has twice served as a post office, and was the setting for a courtroom scene in The Hunted?
...that the 371-acre Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 1.2 million seabirds—more than California and Washington combined?
...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838?
... that the historic P Ranch in Oregon, owned by cattle baron Peter French, covered 140,000 acres (570 km²) and required 500 miles of barbed wire fence for protection?

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