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Oregon-Style Journalism
The 1850s and 1860s were tumultuous decades for Oregon politics, with rival newspapers indulging in unrestrained attacks on their competitors and opponents. The most notorious …
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Oregon System Cartoon
This political cartoon from Joseph Gaston’s Centennial History of Oregon depicts a befuddled Portland voter holding a lengthy ballot in one hand standing next to …
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Oregon & Upper California
Charles Preuss, a German-born surveyor and cartographer, drafted this map of Oregon and California following the completion of John C. Frémont’s second expedition (1843-1844). Preuss …
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Oriental Exhibits Palace, 1905
This 1905 photograph shows the Oriental Exhibits Palace, part of the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition, a world’s fair held in Portland …
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Origins of a Civil Rights Movement
Just as the city’s commercial and entertainment foundations began to shift, so too did its population. The influx of war workers, including unprecedented number of …
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Oswego Iron Works
In 1867, workers smelted the first iron ingots produced at the Oregon Iron Company at the confluence of the Willamette River and Sucker Creek, now …
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Otter Hunting
The illustration above shows a party of otter hunters near Coos Bay in 1856. It was common to shoot otter from the shore as depicted …
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Outposts, Farms, and Missions
The commerce-oriented exploration of the North Pacific Coast by European and American sea captains became active during the 1790s. The 1792 incursions into the mouth …
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Over the Willamette River, Cottage Grove, Ore.
Two transportation routes, rail and road, appear in this photoraph taken near Cottage Grove about 1910. The bridges span the Coast Fork Willamette River, and …
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Overton Cabin
One of the first dwellings in Portland, this cabin was named for William Overton. In late 1843, Native American guides took Overton and his companion, Asa …
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