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Richard L. Rice married Helen Hart in 1932 and the couple began rock collecting in 1938 after finding agates along the Oregon Coast. [1] [2] In 1952 the Rices built a new home north of Hillsboro on 30 acres (12 hectares) that would later house the museum. [3] The Rices founded a museum in 1953 to display their collections. [4]
Other venues included the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville and the Withycombe Theatre in Corvallis, among others. [4] Through May 2008 the company had put on nine productions. [2] In September 2008, Bag & Baggage became the resident theater company at the Venetian Theatre in Downtown Hillsboro. [5] They opened their new season with Steel Magnolias.
Pop singer Britney Spears performed at the fair in 1999. [3] In 2012, singer/actress Miranda Cosgrove headlined the entertainment. [5] Due to the planned attendance of the Blue Angels at the Oregon International Air Show, the fair overlapped with the air show in 2013 creating traffic issues with the air show held across Cornell Road at the Hillsboro Airport. [6]
Hillsboro (/ ˈ h ɪ l z b ər oʊ / HILZ-burr-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. [7] Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel, locally known as the Silicon Forest.
Plans for an arts and culture center in Hillsboro were made in the city's Hillsboro 2020 Vision. [3] This community plan was finalized in 2000 and designed to improve the livability of the city located in the Portland metropolitan area. [3] Hillsboro purchased the property from the church for $1.325 million in November 2000. [1] [4]
Gem Theatre or Gem Theater may refer to: Gem Theatre (Detroit) Gem Theater (Deadwood, South Dakota) Gem Theatre (Kannapolis, North Carolina) Gem Theater (New Orleans)
The station is located close to the Westside Commons – the 2019-adopted new name for the Washington County Fair Complex – and Hillsboro Airport, a major general-aviation facility in Hillsboro, and the location of the Oregon International Airshow in the summer. Bus line 46-North Hillsboro serves the station.
Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.Acquired in 1906, the 13-acre (53,000 m 2) park is the oldest park in the city.Located at southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway, Shute Park includes an aquatic center, a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library, and a community center.