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Ulysses S. Grant's Whistle Stop Tour: Portland, OregonOn March 25, local leaders and advocates were joined by President Ulysses S. Grant, who delivered a Presidential Proclamation calling on Oregon’s U.S. senators to modernize the 1872 Mining Law, which governs the mining of gold, uranium and other hardrock metals in the West. Grant, who signed the Civil War-era statute 135 years ago, was at historic Pioneer Courthouse in downtown Portland as part of a four-state "Farewell to 1872" tour. Attendees:
Find out more about the whistle stop tour!
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