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Oregon League of Women Voters Bulletin
This 1933 article in the Oregon League of Women Voters Bulletin refers to a survey of working women conducted by the League’s Klamath Falls branch. …
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Oregon Mining Districts
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) made this 1912 map. Between 1907 and 1930, George Otis Smith was the director of the USGS, an agency created …
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Oregon Myrtle, Coquille River
Oregon myrtle (Umbellularia californica)—also known as California laurel and California bay—is an evergreen tree native to southwestern Oregon and California. This hardy tree …
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Oregon Politics—Women, Natural Resources, and Social Change
In the twentieth century, women and minorities made modest gains in Oregon’s elective politics. Nan Wood Honeyman, a Democrat and the daughter of C.E.S. Wood, …
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Oregon's Civil Rights Bill, 1953
The proponents of Oregon’s Civil Rights Bill, also known as the Public Accommodations Bill, pose for posterity. Seated, from left: Philip S. Hitchcock and Mark …
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Oregon’s Cultural Foundations
Nineteenth-century Oregonians had access to a wealth of newspapers and journals, many of which served as regional forums for political invective and to plead special …
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Oregon Spectator: the idyllic Willamette Valley farm
David J. Schnebly was the editor of the Oregon Spectator, the first newspaper published in Oregon Country (1846). His editorial reflects some issues and …
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Oregon’s Political Landscape
The Civil War and the Republican Party’s rise to power and influence shaped Oregon’s political landscape between 1860 and 1920. The legislature ratified the Thirteenth …
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Oregon’s Public Lands
Like other western states, Oregon has a sizable public land base, with approximately 53 percent of its 61 million acres in federal lands, most of …
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Oregon State Penitentiary Prison Riot, 1968
On March 9, 1968, a day after Governor Tom McCall had guided reporters through the Oregon State Penitentiary to demonstrate the quiet control the state …
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