The Oregon Collegiate Conference (also the Oregon Intercollegiate Conference) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1950 to 1970. The conference's members were located in the state of Oregon. [1]
Institution | Location | Founded | Nickname | Joined | Left | Conference joined | Current conference |
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Eastern Oregon College | La Grande, Oregon | 1929 | Mountaineers | 1950 | 1970 | Evergreen | Cascade |
George Fox College | Newberg, Oregon | 1885 | Bruins | 1950 | 1969 | Independents | Northwest |
Oregon College | Monmouth, Oregon | 1856 | Wolves | 1950 | 1970 | Evergreen | Great Northwest |
Oregon Technical Institute | Klamath Falls, Oregon | 1947 | Owls | 1950 | 1970 | Evergreen | Cascade |
Portland State College | Portland, Oregon | 1946 | Vikings | 1950 | 1964 | NCAA Independents | Big Sky |
Southern Oregon College | Ashland, Oregon | 1882 | Raiders | 1950 | 1970 | Evergreen | Cascade |
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Cherriots, officially the Salem Area Mass Transit District, is a public transit operator based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The agency, whose name refers to the city's nickname, provides bus and paratransit service in Salem and neighboring Keizer. It was founded in 1979 as the Salem Area Mass Transit District, replacing municipal and private systems, and renamed itself to Salem-Keizer Transit in 2003.
The Southern Oregon Raiders football team represents Southern Oregon University in the sport of American football. The Raiders team competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as an associate member of the Frontier Conference. Southern Oregon University has fielded an official football team since 1927 and has an all-time record of 349–351–15. The Raiders play in Raider Stadium in Ashland, Oregon, which has a capacity of 5,000. Southern Oregon has played in two NAIA national championship games and won thirteen conference championships in multiple conferences.
Charles William Emanuel Jennings, known as Pop Jennings, was a businessman and Oregon state legislator. He was an early settler in the Chewaucan Valley in south-central Oregon, where he established the community of Valley Falls. Jennings was also a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives for one term, serving from 1937 through 1938.
Warner Buck Snider, also known as W. B. Snider or Buck Snider, was a city recorder, county sheriff, rancher, and Oregon state legislator. He was a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives for two terms, from 1933 through 1936. After leaving the legislature, Snider returned to cattle ranching. He served as president of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association and actively advocated for grazing rights and highway construction in eastern Oregon.
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