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George Simpson to John McLoughlin, 1842
Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) Governor George Simpson wrote this short letter to John McLoughlin, chief factor of the company’s Columbia Department, on April 27, 1842, …
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German POWs, 1944
During World War II, the United States War Department established approximately 150 prisoner-of-war (POW) camps to contain nearly 340,400 German POW’s. The War Department ordered …
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Gillem's Army Camp, 1873
As an agent of the Federal Government, Eadweard Muybridge recorded the final stages of the Modoc War in 1873 with this and many other photographs. …
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Gillnet Fishing near Astoria
This 1937 photograph, taken by Ray Atkeson, shows men fishing with a gillnet near or at the mouth of the Columbia River. As a professional …
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Gill-Netters at Rooster Rock
This ca. 1891 watercolor painting by Cleveland Rockwell shows fishers using gillnets on the Columbia River. Gill Netters Near Rooster Rock is one of hundreds …
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Girls Basketball, Oregon School for the Deaf
This photograph shows the 1913 girls’ basketball team at the Oregon School for the Deaf. The school, which still exists, represents a state effort to …
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Glossary of Architectural Terms
Architrave: in Classical architecture, the bottom third of the entablature. The term can also refer to the decorative molding around a window or door: …
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Gold!
In 1848, two years after Lindsay Applegate traveled through the Rogue River Valley, the discovery of gold in Sutter’s Mill, California, brought prospectors through southwest …
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Gold Mine at Cornucopia, c. 1888
The photograph, probably taken by Martin M. Hazeltine of Baker City in the late 1880s, shows a stamp mill used to process gold-bearing ore near …
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Gold Scales
There is some disagreement among historians as to exactly when and where gold was first discovered in southwestern Oregon, although many credit James Cluggage and …
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