page_title: Alsea, Oregon
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Alsea, Oregon / Notable people
context_page_description: Alsea is an unincorporated community in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is on Oregon Route 34 and the Alsea River. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Alsea as a census-designated place. The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 164.
context_section_description: Thomas Benton Slate (December 2, 1880 – November 26, 1980) – was raised in Alsea. He invented the first commercially viable method of producing dry ice and later financed construction of an all-aluminum hulled airship, The City of Glendale, completed in 1929 but never flown.
caption: George Chamberlain, the 11th Governor of Oregon
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