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charging that the "Bad Egg" T. J. Dryer "is so constantly drunk as to render him unfit to discharge the duties of his office." By the summer of 1863 the same paper would be able to cheerfully report that "Ex-Commissioner T.J. Dryer has arrived at San
Francisco, on his return from the
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Mount St. Helens' Dryer
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an influential and enduring newspaper in the
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Jefferson Dryer was born on January 8, 1808, in
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in 1857, Dryer is best remembered as the founder of
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1510:1808 births
1390:Ewing Young
1335:Joel Palmer
1315:Ezra Meeker
1310:Joseph Meek
1295:Asa Lovejoy
1255:Joseph Gale
1200:Ira Babcock
1144:Oregon City
1134:Meek Cutoff
1109:Fort Dalles
1084:Barlow Road
412:Yreka Union
408:Asahel Bush
296:Dryer from
276:Early years
71:Preceded by
1489:Categories
1350:Levi Scott
1325:John Minto
1280:H.A.G. Lee
1265:David Hill
1205:Sam Barlow
1026:Cayuse War
782:(4): 3–13.
663:"Bad Egg,"
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549:2023-02-06
478:Mount Hood
381:Republican
265:Mount Hood
225:Occupation
215:Whig Party
178:1808-01-08
152:Washington
118:Washington
1285:Jason Lee
1129:Linn City
1053:Modoc War
803:from the
519:Footnotes
440:Oregonian
425:Oregonian
316:Oregonian
271:Biography
156:Multnomah
143:1856–1856
139:In office
122:Multnomah
105:In office
60:President
51:In office
1407:Columbia
1094:Champoeg
724:Archived
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507:See also
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1435:Gazelle
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904:Ferries
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