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Arrogant "Anthropology" and the Dynamics of Ethnic Change

Arrogant "Anthropology" and the Dynamics of Ethnic Change

If Indians by 1905 were strangers in their own land, the Exposition also introduced new peoples to occupy the low spot on the supposed continuum …

Oregon History Project
Article, I-5 Now Completed throughout Oregon

Article, I-5 Now Completed throughout Oregon

The interstate highway system changed the face of America. Although Congress had been discussing the development of an interregional highway system since the 1930s, construction …

Oregon History Project
Article, Willamette Greenway Act

Article, Willamette Greenway Act

Anthony Netboy wrote this Nov. 5, 1967 article about the Willamette Greenway Act for Northwest Magazine Sunday, a supplement to the Oregonian. Netboy, …

Oregon History Project
Ashland Chautauqua, 1895

Ashland Chautauqua, 1895

This 1895 leaflet from Ashland’s third annual Chautauqua meeting shows the town’s Chautauqua building on one side and lists the featured speakers on the other. …

Oregon History Project
Ashland Woolen Mills

Ashland Woolen Mills

This 1884 illustration shows the Ashland Woolen Mills. The first such enterprise in Oregon was the Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Company, which began doing business in …

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Ashwood, 1915

Ashwood, 1915

This is a photograph of the central Oregon town of Ashwood at the turn of the twentieth century, before a mining boom spurred an increase …

Oregon History Project
Asia at the Fair

Asia at the Fair

Exposition visitors could walk through the 50,000 square feet of the Oriental Exhibits Building—the second most costly at the fair—to view the products of China, …

Oregon History Project
As Long as the World Goes On, Bibliography

As Long as the World Goes On, Bibliography

Bibliography Adams, Tom. “Bibliography of Articles Relating to Jedediah Strong Smith.” Pacific Historian 19 (1975): 69-72. Aikens, Melvin. Archaeology of Oregon. Portland: U.S. Department …

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A Stainless Flag

A Stainless Flag

This 1911 issue of A Stainless Flag included a letter about the re-legalization of alcohol in Dallas, located west of Salem in Polk County. A …

Oregon History Project
A Tendency toward Conformity

A Tendency toward Conformity

Oregon’s social and cultural life during the 1920s reflected the conventions of a largely homogeneous society, with tendencies toward social, cultural, and religious conformity. Those …

Oregon History Project