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County
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Question
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Answer
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Marion
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State capital of Oregon
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Salem
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Clatsop
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Fort Clatsop was the ending destination for these two explorers
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Lewis & Clark
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Klamath
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Collapsed volcano and only National Park in Oregon
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Crater Lake
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Lane
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"Just Do It" company from Eugene known for shoes
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Nike
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Multnomah
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Portland's NBA team and only pro Oregon team of the four major leagues
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Trail Blazers
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Clackamas
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Volcano that is the tallest mountain in Oregon
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Mount Hood
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Jackson
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The Oregon Vortex partially inspired the Mystery Shack in this cartoon
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Gravity Falls
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Crook
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Similar to Australia, this term is used to describe the Oregon high desert
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Outback
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Benton
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Nickname for Oregon State University's sports teams
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Beavers
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Douglas
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Misnomer of a tree that is common throughout the coastal Northwest
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Douglas fir
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Wallowa
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River that forms it's eastern border with Idaho
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Snake
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Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman, the county's namesake, fought in this war
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Civil War
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Harney
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One of the largest counties, it's nearly the same size as this state
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Massachusetts
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Columbia
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It's county seat is named after this nearby Washington mountain
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Mount St. Helens
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Lincoln
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Newport alone has 2 of these 11 familiar Oregon Coast structures
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Lighthouses
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Grant
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Armillaria ostoyae, the world's largest living organism, is one of these
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a Fungus
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Coos
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English captain that briefly made landfall near Coos Bay in 1579
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Sir Francis Drake
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Washington
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Third most populous Portland suburb city
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Hillsboro
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Josephine
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Popular West Coast coffee chain hailing from Grants Pass
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Dutch Bros.
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Gilliam
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One of the largest producers in the world for this type of clean energy
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Wind
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Yamhill
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President that grew up in Newberg
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Herbert Hoover
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Tillamook
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Tillamook, the creamery, is most known for producing this food
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Cheese
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Hood River
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Located entirely in this mountain range
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Cascade
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Malheur
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Westernmost county in the United States to be in this time zone
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Mountain
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Morrow
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In the Columbia Plateau, Morrow yields a significant quantity of this grain
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Wheat
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Polk
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Mainly located in this valley sought after by many on the Oregon Trail
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Willamette
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Umatilla
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Pendleton is well known for this bronco busting sport
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Rodeo
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Linn
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Favored plant for suburban front yards is commonly grown here
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Grass
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Jefferson
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This salmon also shares a name with this group of indigenous people
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Chinook
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Curry
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Port Orford was among this 1941 statehood movement's suggested capitals
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Jefferson
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Lake
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Grocery chain, marked by a cowboy, serving Lakeview since 1939
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Safeway
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Deschutes
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Trio of sibling-like mountains frequented by visitors to Bend
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Three Sisters
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Wheeler
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Prehistoric encrusted traces of plants and mammals that are common here
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Fossils
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Baker
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Edward Baker was the only one of these to ever be killed in military combat
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Senator
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Union
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Interstate connecting Boise to Portland that spans the county 40 miles
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Interstate 84
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Wasco
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Food based bacteria that was used in the only bioterrorist attack in the U.S.
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Salmonella
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