What's in a Name?
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- How did the 'Fosbury Flop' get its name? The answer lies in an Oregon State University athlete
- How Portland-based Columbia Sportswear survived near-bankruptcy
- In the early 1900s, Lownsdale Square was for men and Chapman Square was only for women and children. Here's why
- Meet the Portland newspaper reporter who built and named Mill Ends Park
- New low-income housing complex in Northeast Portland is named after couple with long legacy
- When a Portland businessman patented a new kind of screw, it changed how quickly cars could be made
More What's in a Name?
- Left naked and afraid: The story behind how John Day River earned its name
- No, the town of Boring wasn't named such because it was a dull place to be
- Long delays, congressional hearings and a very short flight: How the Spruce Goose got its nickname
- Why the owner of a fish cannery became the namesake of Warrendale, Oregon
- How a blacksmith came to name Coburg, Oregon
- What's now Longview was once just swampy farm land. Then a deep-pocketed timber tycoon came to town
- How a squirrel bridge in Longview turned into a city's love for rodents
- What that No. 2 means on school pencils
