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Part of a mural series by Joe Knowles in the Monticello Hotel, Longview, Washington.

The first portrait portrays that one-eyed genocidal pirate, Robert Gray.

The man with the long white hair is Dr. John McLoughlin, an important figure in Washington State history on many levels. Oregon likes to claim the Doc (they even have a statue of him in Salem), but he really belongs to us Washingtonians.

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A replica of the Chief Factor's residence (Hudson's Bay Co.), Fort Vancouver, Washington.

John McLoughlin, a British subject who later became an American citizen and served as one of the most important figures in aiding U.S. settlement in the disputed Pacific Northwest (an area claimed by Russia, Spain, Britain, and the United States), was the first resident.

I agree with the idea of renaming Thurston County, Washington after Dr. McLoughlin.

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