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... that Lucien Heath (pictured), the first Oregon Secretary of State, later served in the California State Assembly?
... that in 2005, Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed a bill making Oregon the first U.S. state to require prescriptions for cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine?
... that in 1865, a party led by Captain Franklin B. Sprague of the 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry descended an 800-foot (240 m) caldera wall to become the first explorers to reach the shore of Crater Lake?
... that in Oregon's 1966 U.S. Senate election, each party's candidate had a position on the Vietnam War that was in direct opposition to the prevailing view of his own party?

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