Lewis and Clark Expedition

•  Columbia River

  The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is 1,243 miles (2,000 km) long, and its largest tributary is the Snake River.

  

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•  Oregon Trail

  The Oregon Trail was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Country. Between 1841 and 1869 the Oregon Trail was used by settlers, ranchers, farmers, miners, and business men migrating to the Pacific Northwest.

  

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•  Clark County, Washington

  Clark County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Clark County was the first county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was created by the provisional government of Oregon Territory on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered the entire present-day state. In July 1, 2008, Clark County's population was estimated to be 424,733.

  

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•  Skamania County, Washington

  Skamania County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Its name derives from the Chinookan word for swift water, a reference to the Columbia River. As of 2000, the population was 9,872. The county seat is at Stevenson, which is also the county's largest city, although the Carson River Valley CDP is more populous.

  

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•  Klickitat County, Washington

  Klickitat County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of 2000, the population was 19,161 and 20,377 in 2008. The county seat and largest city is Goldendale. It is named after the Klickitat tribe of the Yakama Indian Nation.

  

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•  Wasco County, Oregon

  Wasco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who lived on the south side of the Columbia River. In 2000, its population was 23,791. Its county seat is The Dalles.

  

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•  Sherman County, Oregon

  Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county is named for William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union general in the American Civil War. In 2000, its population was 1,934. The seat of the county is Moro.

  

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•  Multnomah County, Oregon

  Multnomah County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though smallest in area, it is the most populous as its county seat, Portland, is the state's largest city. In 2006, the county's population was 681,454. The county was likely named after Native American people first recorded in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Mulknomans, who lived in a village on the east side of present-day Sauvie Island.

  

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•  Hood River County, Oregon

  Hood River County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county was established in 1908 and is named for the Hood River, a tributary of the Columbia River. In 2000, the county's population was 20,411. The seat of the county is the city of Hood River.

  

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•  Cascade Locks, Oregon

  Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896.

  

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•  Quidditch

  Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter book series. It is described as an extremely rough but very popular semi-contact sport played by wizards and witches around the world. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals. In the Harry Potter universe, Quidditch holds a fervent following similar to football (soccer) as a globally popular sport.

  

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•  Afrikaans (Eastern Cape dialect)

  The Eastern Cape dialect of Afrikaans is a theoretical, historical dialect of Afrikaans which may have existed prior to the Great Trek, and which may have influenced the language of the present-day Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo regions of South Africa. The Eastern Cape dialect may have resulted from contact between Dutch and English settlers and the Xhosa tribes of the South and Eastern Cape regions of South Africa.

  

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•  Anatoly Pepelyayev

  Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyayev was a White Russian general who led the Siberian armies of Admiral Kolchak during the Russian Civil War. His elder brother Viktor Pepelyayev served as Prime Minister in Kolchak's government.

  

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•  John bacon (footballer)

  

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