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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER XXVI.

1845—1910.

The Lawyers that Laid Foundations—The Laws They Made—Their Services to the State—Legislation by the People
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545


CHAPTER XXVII.

1858—1910.

The First Military Company—The Indian Wars—The Grand Army of the Republic—Portland's Part in the War with Spain
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568


CHAPTER XXVIII.

1874—1905.

The First Portland Exposition—The Old Mechanics' Fair—The Merchants and Manufacturers Exposition—The Lewis & Clark Exposition—Styles of Architecture—The Great Flood
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The Benefactors—The Literary People—Historians, Poets and Story Tellers
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590


The Exposition of the City—Its Commanding Position—The Resources that Sustain It—Its Great Future
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609


CHAPTER XXXI.

1850—1910.

The Social Life—Economics, Prices, and Wages—Economics, Morals and Politics—The Political and Economic Drift—The Lesson of It All
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CHAPTER XXXII.

1825—1910.

Vancouver—First White Settlement in Old Oregon—The Governor of the Vast Wilderness—The Character of Old Vancouver—The Disputed Hudson's Bay Company Title—Modern Vancouver—Great Prospects in the Future—The Home of Great Enterprises
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Historical Sketch of Oregon City by Eva Emery Dye, Author of "McLoughlin and Old Oregon," "McDonald of Oregon," and "The Conquest."
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