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Friday, January 26, 2024

Bourne, Oregon

The original settlement at Bourne was called Cracker City, named after Cracker Creek where gold was discovered in 1888. Massachusetts lawyer Jonathan Bourne purchased the Eureka and Excelsior (E&E) mine here in 1899, and by the following year the town had been renamed in honor of Bourne. Jonathan Bourne eventually moved to Portland and became a U. S. senator.
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2 comments:

  1. ElmoJanuary 26, 2024 at 5:15 AM

    That's quite a story, start to finish.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2024 at 7:34 AM

    I saw the word Cracker and I thought this was going to be a story about a bunch idiots trying to rename it because it was insulting to white people. I need to stop reading the news.

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