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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

School Kids and State Lands

Oregon Department of State Lands
Salem, Oregon

from the Oregon Department of State Lands
Salem, OR
Oregon - the “Eden at the End of the Oregon Trail” – was land rich and cash poor at statehood in 1859. As scores of new families came west to settle and prosper, the new state had few resources to educate their children.
Realizing this challenge, [...]