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Cassino, Chinookan Headman, 1846
This 1859 reproduction of an 1846 sketch by Paul Kane depicts the Chinookan headman Cassino (pronounced káss-i-no), an important figure in the early history …
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Castle Rock and Houseboat by Lily White
Lily White took this photograph of her houseboat Raysark at the base of “Castle Rock” on the Washington State side of the Columbia River in …
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Cast Rehearsal, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
This July 2, 1939 photograph shows actors Leroy Lindner, left, Dorothy Pruitt, and Gwen Jones rehearsing for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland, located in …
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Catholic Ladder
This restored Catholic Ladder, measuring six and one-half inches wide by fifty-eight inches long, is the oldest known ladder in existence. It was created by …
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Cattlemen and Indians
Between winter and fall in the Upper Basin country of lakes and marshlands, great quantities of water evaporate into the high desert skies. In the …
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CCC Fights Fire in Willamette National Forest
This photograph shows men digging a trench near a fire in the Willamette National Forest in about 1934. The men worked for the Civilian Conservation …
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Celebrating Settlement: Agrarian Oregon
The era of the Exposition was a time of agricultural optimism. Wheat farmers had begun pushing south from the Columbia River in the 1880s and …
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Celilo Converter Station
Located along the Columbia River, near The Dalles Dam, the Celilo Converter Station is the northern terminus of an 800 kilovolt d-c (direct current) extra-high-voltage …
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Celilo Whirlpool
This photograph was taken by Benjamin Gifford around 1900. It shows Indian dipnetters at Celilo Falls fishing for salmon near a fishwheel. The Dalles-Celilo area …
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Census of Indians in Eastern Oregon, 1865
This 1865 document is an excerpt from the annual report of Oregon’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs, J.W. Perit Huntington. It includes a partial census of …
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