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... that when the New Redmond Hotel (pictured) opened, it was billed as Oregon's finest hotel east of the Cascade Mountains with rooms from $1 per day?
... that Babette March, the first cover model of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in Halfway, Oregon?
... that actor Bret Harrison's first role was in Our Town at the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre in Hillsboro, Oregon?
... that snow buckwheat and parsnipflower buckwheat were used by Native Americans to treat diarrhea?

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