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	Robert Gray
		Gray, Robert, 1755–1806, American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River, b.
		In 1789, Gray was transferred to command of the
		Though Spanish and English navigators had been familiar with the bar at the Columbia's mouth, Gray was the first to enter the river itself.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0821630.html (249 words)

	Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest known use of this proper noun was in a 1765 petition by Major Robert Rogers to the Kingdom of Great Britain.
		During the time of the Hudson's Bay Company and the voyages of Robert Gray, some say the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest referred to the Columbia River as the great "Ouragon".
		The poet William Cullen Bryant took the name from Carver's book and used it in his poem Thanatopsis to refer to the recent discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; this use helped establish it in modern use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oregon (4218 words)

	Oregon Facts: Interesting Names and Places in Oregon
		Robert Gray sailed his ship, Columbia, up the river he named after the ship.
		Jonathan Carver is the first person to use the form Oregon in referring to the river of the west that falls into the Pacific Ocean.
		Poet William Cullens Bryant, after reading a volume of Jonathan Carver's travels mentioned Oregon in his poem "Thanatopsis" published in 1817.
	www.webtrail.com /applegate/oregon.shtml (730 words)

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		The onset of World War I had a chilling effect on meteorological experimentation in the French capital, but Pizarro continued to hone his technique, which would eventually have a profound influence on the “heat index” calculations of television weathermen later in the century.
		Robert Boynton offers a more charitable spin, suggesting that what makes Talese such a keen observer—and self-effacing writer—is what makes him such a bad memoirist.
		Launched during the Wilson administration, the dinner is unsuited for the Age of Irony, or—rather—it is so well suited for the Age of Irony that it has become little more than a showcase for the sitting president to flourish his self-deprecating side—even if he believes himself to be the Messiah.
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	ColombiaLink.com - Oregon State - Photos; Maps; Capital; Symbols; Flags; Constitution; Songs
		In 1792, Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovered the river named after his ship and claimed the area for the U.S. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark expedition explored the area.
		Robert Gray sea captain and discoverer of Columbia River;
		However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.
	www.colombialink.com /usa/oregon.htm (434 words)

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