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On this day in 1859 Henry Clay Huston of Corvallis wrote in his diary that upon hearing the news at 10:00 P.M. of Oregon being admitted to the Union..."The 'Brass Band' played Hail Columbia, Yankee Doodle, a quantity of powder and whiskey was consumed on the occasion."
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