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Benton County, Oregon Deeds and Records. Deed of Sale from Consolidated School District No. 31 to Independent Community Club, 10 March 1954, Benton County, Oregon, Deed Book 149, page 244 (Benton County Courthouse, Corvallis, Oregon).
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Benton County, Oregon Deeds and Records. Deed of Quitclaim from Herbert and Sylvia Seehafer, heirs of Ernest and Anna Seehafer, to Independent Community Club, 29 January 1959, Benton County, Oregon, Deed Book 167, page 117 (Benton County Courthouse, Corvallis, Oregon).
Benton County, Oregon Deeds and Records. Deed of Sale from Herbert and Sylvia Seehafer, heirs of Ernest and Anna Seehafer, to Independent Community Club, 15 May 1959, Benton County, Oregon, Deed Book 168, page 566 (Benton County Courthouse, Corvallis, Oregon).
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