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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Rush

An iconic Oregon waterfall was put up for sale on Redfin. Lawmakers approved the money to buy it

Waterfall Purchase Oregon - (Willamette River Preservation Trust)

The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin.

Abiqua Falls — known for its 92-foot (28-meter) vertical drop over a columnar basalt cliff — has been privately owned for over a century but open to the public. Its owner, a nonprofit that supports a community of Benedictine monks, put it on the market earlier this year.

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