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Foster Grade School, 1949
The new addition to the grade school in the Linn County town of Foster is shown in this 1949 photograph. Timber stands on the South …
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Frankie Dougal and Ropemaking
This photograph, taken by Lynn Hadley on July 27, 1998, shows Frankie Dougal (left) and her daughter, Charlene Standford (right), twisting strands of horse hair …
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Frederick Louis Gifford (1878-1945)
Fred L. Gifford was the leader (“Grand Dragon”) for the Oregon Ku Klux Klan between 1921 and 1924, when the “invisible empire” was influential in …
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Freight List for the Steamer Express
The steamer Express operated on the Willamette River from the mid-1850s to the early 1860s at a time when several companies competed for river business. …
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Frémont and Kit Carson at Upper Klamath Lake
On his expeditions to map the continent, Frémont needed the services of an able scout. Kit Carson, a mountain man who had covered much of …
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Fremont National Forest, 1911
This 1911 U.S. Forest Service map shows the Fremont National Forest, located in southern Lake County and eastern Klamath County. In 1898 B.F. Allen, a …
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French Round Barn
This photograph shows an unusual structure known today as the French Round Barn, located in Harney County between Malheur Lake and the town of Diamond. …
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From Adolph Etoline to John McLoughlin, 1843
On September 1, 1843, Adolph Karlovich Etoline, governor of the Russian American Company (RAC), wrote this letter to John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson’s …
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From Bertha Burger to Henry E. Dosch
In this letter and its response, Bertha Burger of Denver, Colorado, seeks a job at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair …
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From Boom Times to Hard Times
Southwestern Oregon’s economy worsened after 1893, when the nation plunged into a deep financial depression. Local tensions were intensified during those difficult times, fueling the …
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