And it's occupants

"Portland is the best city in the world."

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November 18th 2007
Just arrived in Portland and couch surfing happily. The quote above is most certainly accredited to Lacey who is hosting me, from when she was walking me around her neighborhood. In any case a quick recap of Evergreen: my camera ran out of batteries and I was slow to change it so I hardly took a photo for most of my time there. Let alone a decent one. I spent 10 days in a freshman dorm enjoyin ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more