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Conclusion
When the first American and European explorers sailed to the Pacific Northwest, they traded with Native people for essential food items, including salmon. Seagoing and …
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Condon Lecture, Development Theory
The lecture reproduced above was published in the Oregonian on February 17, 1883. Titled “Development Theory,” it was presented by Dr. Thomas Condon (1822-1907), Oregon’s …
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Conflict with the Piegans
This excerpt from the journal of Meriwether Lewis describes a fatal conflict between members of the Corps of Discovery and a group of Piegans on …
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Congressman Martin to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt
Although Oregon Governor Charles Henry Martin (1935-1939) is best known for his role as a staunch anti-labor and anti-unionist, he also played a fundamental role …
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Conservation Moves to the Forefront
Since the turn of the twentieth century, two prominent features of the Oregon Coast have been the stunning beauty of its landscape and the dependence …
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Construction of Cascade Canal and Locks, 1895
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the Cascade Canal and Locks in 1878, a time when wheat exports from the upper Columbia River …
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Contract between Seid Chuck & Seufert Bros.
This document is a contract between the Seufert Brothers Company, which ran a salmon and fruit cannery in The Dalles, and Seid Chuck, a Chinese …
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Co-operative Garden in Toledo
This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on June 5, 1932. It shows employees of the Pacific Spruce lumber mill working in a co-operative …
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Coos Bay Lumber Company Steam Donkeys
The steam donkey, invented in 1880, greatly increased the efficiency of logging operations in Oregon’s forests. It replaced animal labor, which could not work as …
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Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company
This photograph of the construction of the S.S. Burnwood in Marshfield (later renamed Coos Bay) is from a scrapbook that belonged to James Polhemus, the …
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