What's in a Name?
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- How infrastructure and a name change helped transform Lake Oswego: 'They literally could not give away lake front property'
- How a former town called Jennyopolis became the site of Oregon's first reported murder
- 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
More What's in a Name? Stories
- What that No. 2 means on school pencils
- A three-week fight for survival: How Starvation Creek got its name
- How Washington came to be named after the first US president
- Where the 'X' in PDX comes from
- The theories behind the name 'Amboy' in Washington state
- How Cape Disappointment on the Washington Coast got its name
- The story of the 'cannon' in Cannon Beach
- The story of Mo behind Mo's Seafood and Chowder
