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Abies amabilis

Abies amabilis, commonly known as the Pacific silver fir, is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range.

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Abies grandis (grand fir, giant fir, lowland white fir, great silver fir, western white fir, Vancouver fir, or Oregon fir) is a fir native to northwestern North America, occurring at altitudes of sea level to.

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Acer macrophyllum

Acer macrophyllum, the bigleaf maple or Oregon maple, is a large deciduous tree in the genus Acer.

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Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Amboy, Washington

Amboy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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American crow

The American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae.

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Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.

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Andisol

In USDA soil taxonomy, andisols are soils formed in volcanic ash and defined as soils containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite and ferrihydrite.

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Arthur E. Reimer

Arthur Elmer Reimer (January 15, 1882 – November 25, 1969) was an American socialist political activist and politician who served as the presidential candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America twice.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Barberton, Washington

Barberton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Barred owl

The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl.

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Battle Ground Lake State Park

Battle Ground Lake State Park is a public recreation area located northeast of the city of Battle Ground, Washington.

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Battle Ground Public Schools

Battle Ground School District is a public school district in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Battle Ground, Washington

Battle Ground is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Black-tailed deer

Two forms of black-tailed deer or blacktail deer that occupy coastal woodlands in the Pacific Northwest of North America are subspecies of the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Brush Prairie, Washington

Brush Prairie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Bull Moose Party

The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.

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California scrub jay

The California scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) is a species of scrub jay native to western North America.

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Camas School District

Camas School District No.

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Camas, Washington

Camas is a city in Clark County, Washington, with a population of 26,065 at the 2020 census.

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Camassia quamash

Camassia quamash, commonly known as camas, kwetlal, small camas, common camas, common camash or quamash, is a perennial herb.

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Cascade Range

The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Celilo Falls

Celilo Falls (Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. Clark County, Washington and Celilo Falls are Columbia River Gorge.

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Chelatchie, Washington

Chelatchie is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.

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Cherry Grove, Washington

Cherry Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Chinookan languages

The Chinookan languages are a small family of extinct languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.

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Clark County Council

The Clark County Council is the legislative body of Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Clear ice

Clear ice refers to a solid precipitation which forms when air temperature is between and and there are supercooled, relatively large drops of water (from freezing fog).

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Columbia County, Oregon

Columbia County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Clark County, Washington and Columbia County, Oregon are Portland metropolitan area counties.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: or; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Clark County, Washington and Columbia River are Columbia River Gorge.

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Columbia River Gorge

The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

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Columbus Day storm of 1962

The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.

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Common raven

The common raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird.

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Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.

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Council–manager government

The council–manager government is a form of local government used for municipalities, counties, or other equivalent regions, commonly used in the United States and the Republic of Ireland.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County executive

A county executive (or county mayor) is the chief executive officer of a county in the United States.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Cowlitz County, Washington

Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Clark County, Washington and Cowlitz County, Washington are Washington (state) counties and western Washington.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.

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Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grant

Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security has provided Port Security Grants to ports within the United States, to build fireboats.

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Dollars Corner, Washington

Dollars Corner is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Duluth, Washington

Duluth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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East Fork Lewis River

The East Fork Lewis River is a river in the state of Washington in the United States.

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Ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Etna, Washington

Etna is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.

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Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.

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Eugene W. Chafin

Eugene Wilder Chafin (November 1, 1852 – November 30, 1920) was an American politician and writer who served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate during the 1908 and 1912 presidential elections.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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Evergreen Public Schools

Evergreen School District No.

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Fargher Lake, Washington

Fargher Lake is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Felida, Washington

Felida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Fern Prairie, Washington

Fern Prairie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Fireboat

A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires.

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Five Corners, Washington

Five Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon.

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Freezing rain

Freezing rain is rain maintained at temperatures below freezing by the ambient air mass that causes freezing on contact with surfaces.

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Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition.

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Fujita scale

The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, managed by the United States Forest Service.

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Glacial Lake Missoula

Lake Missoula was a prehistoric proglacial lake in western Montana that existed periodically at the end of the last ice age between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Glaze (ice)

Glaze or glaze ice, also called glazed frost or verglas, is a smooth, transparent and homogeneous ice coating occurring when freezing rain or drizzle hits a surface.

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Great blue heron

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

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Green Mountain

Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point and a stratovolcano on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests.

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Hall, Washington

Hall is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Hazel Dell, Washington

Hazel Dell is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States, located north and west of Vancouver.

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Heisson, Washington

Heisson is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County.

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HistoryLink

HistoryLink is an online encyclopedia of Washington state history.

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Hockinson, Washington

Hockinson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Home rule

Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Inauguration

In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent.

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Income tax

An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income).

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Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)

Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States.

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Interstate 5 in Washington

Interstate 5 (I-5) is an Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States that serves as the region's primary north–south route.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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James K. Polk

James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Klickitat people

The Klickitat (also spelled Klikitat) are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest.

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La Center, Washington

La Center is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Lacamas Creek

Lacamas Creek is in Clark County, Washington, United States, and flows about from headwaters near Camp Bonneville to Lacamas Lake and Round Lake in Camas, and eventually into the Washougal River.

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Lacamas Lake

Lacamas Lake is a small lake in Clark County, Washington.

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Lake Shore, Washington

Lake Shore is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Larch Mountain (Clark County, Washington)

Larch Mountain, elevation, is the highest free-standing peak in Clark County, Washington. Clark County, Washington and Larch Mountain (Clark County, Washington) are Columbia River Gorge.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. Clark County, Washington and Lewis and Clark Expedition are Columbia River Gorge.

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Lewis River (Washington)

The Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River, about long, in southwestern Washington in the United States.

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Lewisville Park

Lewisville Park is a 154-acre regional park located on the East Fork Lewis River, two miles north of Battle Ground in Clark County, Washington.

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Lewisville, Washington

Lewisville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Lincoln County, Washington

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Clark County, Washington and Lincoln County, Washington are Washington (state) counties.

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List of counties in Washington

The U.S. state of Washington has 39 counties. Clark County, Washington and List of counties in Washington are Washington (state) counties.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mary Firstenburg (fireboat)

The Mary Firstenburg is a fireboat operated by Clark County Fire & Rescue.

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Meadow Glade, Washington

Meadow Glade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

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Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991.

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Mill Plain, Washington

Mill Plain is an unincorporated area in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Minnehaha, Washington

Minnehaha is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Missoula floods

The Missoula floods (also known as the Spokane floods or the Bretz floods or Bretz's floods) were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. Clark County, Washington and Missoula floods are Columbia River Gorge.

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Mollisol

Mollisol is a soil type which has deep, high organic matter, nutrient-enriched surface soil (A horizon), typically between 60 and 80 cm in depth.

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Mount Adams (Washington)

Mount Adams, known by some Native American tribes as Pahto or Klickitat, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range.

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Mount Hood

Mount Hood is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

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Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Mount Vista, Washington

Mount Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Multnomah County, Oregon

Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Clark County, Washington and Multnomah County, Oregon are Columbia River Gorge and Portland metropolitan area counties.

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Municipal Research and Services Center

The Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) is a non-profit organization based in Seattle with a mission of "supporting effective local government in Washington through trusted consultation, research, training, and collaboration".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Washington

Clark.

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Norwegians

Norwegians (Nordmenn) are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population.

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Old Apostolic Lutheran Church

The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (OALC) is a Firstborn Laestadian church in North America.

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Opossum

Opossums are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas.

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Orchards, Washington

Orchards is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Oregon boundary dispute

The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America between several nations that had competing territorial and commercial aspirations in the region.

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Oregon Country

Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century.

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Osprey

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions to a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego and his uncle, Juan Bernardino, which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, when the Mexican territories were under the Spanish Empire.

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Pacific Coast Ranges

The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pier

A pier is a raised structure that rises above a body of water and usually juts out from its shore, typically supported by piles or pillars, and provides above-water access to offshore areas.

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Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express is a specific recurring atmospheric river both in the waters immediately northeast of the Hawaiian Islands and extending northeast to any location along the Pacific coast of North America.

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Pinus contorta

Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Portland metropolitan area, Oregon

The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Clark County, Washington and Portland, Oregon are Populated places established in 1845.

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Poverty in the United States

In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Proebstel, Washington

Proebstel is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Prohibition Party

The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement.

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Provisional Government of Oregon

The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected settler government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Pseudotsuga menziesii var.

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Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound on the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Quercus garryana

Quercus garryana is an oak tree species of the Pacific Northwest, with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia.

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Raccoon

The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Red-tailed hawk

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge and is overseen by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Ridgefield School District (Washington)

The Ridgefield School District is the school district which serves to operate the public primary and secondary schools from the Ridgefield area, in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Ridgefield, Washington

Ridgefield is a city in northern Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Salmon

Salmon (salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.

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Salmon Creek, Washington

Salmon Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington)

Silver Star Mountain is a recently uplifted ridge of older Western Cascades volcanic rock, underlain by a granitic pluton of similar Western Cascades age, located in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. Clark County, Washington and Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington) are Columbia River Gorge.

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Skamania County, Washington

Skamania County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Clark County, Washington and Skamania County, Washington are Columbia River Gorge, Washington (state) counties and western Washington.

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Skunk

Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae.

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The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party".

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge

The Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a riverine flood plain habitat, semi-permanent wetland on the Columbia River, east of Vancouver, Washington, with cottonwood-dominated riparian corridors, pastures, and remnant stands of Oregon white oak.

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Steller's jay

Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a bird native to western North America and the mountains of Central America, closely related to the blue jay (C. cristata) found in eastern North America.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Columbian

The Columbian is a daily newspaper serving the Vancouver, Washington, and Clark County, Washington area.

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The Dalles Dam

The Dalles Lock and Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles (3 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Clark County, Washington and the Dalles Dam are Columbia River Gorge.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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Tornado outbreak sequence of January 7–11, 2008

An unseasonably strong tornado outbreak began on January 7, 2008, and continued for nearly four days across the Central and Southern United States, with the hardest hit area being southwestern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, and the surrounding area.

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U.S. Route 830

U.S. Route 830 (US 830) was a U.S. Highway in Washington, which ran between a junction with US 97 near the city of Maryhill and a junction with US 101 near Ilwaco. Clark County, Washington and U.S. Route 830 are Columbia River Gorge.

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U.S. Route 99

U.S. Route 99 (US 99) was a main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the Mexican border to Blaine, Washington, on the Canadian border.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Vaccinium parvifolium

Vaccinium parvifolium, the red huckleberry, is a species of Vaccinium native to western North America.

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Vancouver Lake

Vancouver Lake is located just west of Vancouver, Washington, United States, north of the Columbia River and Portland, Oregon, south of Ridgefield, Washington, and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

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Vancouver Public Schools

Vancouver Public Schools is a school district in Vancouver, Washington covering in Clark County.

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Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County.

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Vanport, Oregon

Vanport, sometimes referred to as Vanport City or Kaiserville, was a city of wartime public housing in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, between the contemporary Portland city boundary and the Columbia River.

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Venersborg, Washington

Venersborg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Walnut Grove, Washington

Walnut Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington School for the Deaf

The Washington School for the Deaf (WSD) is a school for deaf children located in Vancouver, Washington, in the United States.

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Washington State Employment Security Department

The Washington State Employment Security Department is a government agency for the U.S. state of Washington that is tasked with management of the unemployment system.

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Washington State Route 14

State Route 14 (SR 14) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. Clark County, Washington and Washington State Route 14 are Columbia River Gorge.

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Washington State Route 140

State Route 140 (SR 140) was a state highway in Clark and Skamania counties in southwestern Washington.

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Washington State Route 500

State Route 500 (SR 500) is a state highway in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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Washington State Route 501

State Route 501 (SR 501, designated as the Erwin O. Rieger Memorial Highway) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Washington State Route 502

State Route 502 (SR 502, officially known as the Battle Ground Highway) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the city of Battle Ground in Clark County.

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Washington State Route 503

State Route 503 (SR 503) is a state highway serving Clark and Cowlitz counties in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Washington State School for the Blind

The Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB, ⠺⠎⠎⠃), formerly known as the Washington School for the Blind, is a school for visually-impaired, blind, or deaf-blind students, located in Vancouver, Washington in the United States.

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Washington State University Vancouver

Washington State University Vancouver also known as WSU Vancouver is a campus of Washington State University.

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Washougal River

The Washougal River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Washougal, Washington

Washougal is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. Clark County, Washington and Washougal, Washington are Columbia River Gorge.

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Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley is a long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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William Clark

William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor.

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Woodland Public Schools (Washington)

Woodland Public Schools (WPS) or Woodland School District #404 (WSD) is a school district headquartered in Woodland, Washington.

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Woodland, Washington

Woodland is a city in Clark and Cowlitz counties in Washington, United States.

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Yacolt Burn

The Yacolt Burn is the collective name for dozens of fires in Washington state and Oregon occurring between September 8 and September 12, 1902, causing 38 deaths in the Lewis River area, at least nine deaths by fire in Wind River and 18 deaths in the Columbia River Gorge. Clark County, Washington and Yacolt Burn are Columbia River Gorge.

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Yacolt, Washington

Yacolt is a town in Clark County, Washington, United States.

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1968 United States presidential election

The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.

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1972 Portland–Vancouver tornadoes

The 1972 Portland–Vancouver tornadoes were caused by an unusually intense squall line with embedded strong tornadoes that struck Oregon and Washington on Wednesday, April 5, 1972.

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1988 United States presidential election

The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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2000 United States presidential election

The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000.

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2004 United States presidential election

The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

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2010 United States census

The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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49th parallel north

The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49° north of Earth's equator.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County,_Washington

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