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Bandon Hatchery, Coos County
As early as 1902, the Oregon State Fish Commission established an experimental hatchery station on the Coquille River, near Bandon on the southern Oregon Coast. …
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Barlow Road Toll Collection Authorization
This note, signed by Samuel K. Barlow, authorized Philip Foster to collect tolls from emigrants using the Barlow Road to cross the Cascades on their …
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Barnett Trade Musket
This Barnett musket, made in England, is typical of the guns made available for trade by fur trading companies in northern North America during the …
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Basque Immigration
This traditional Basque dress (property of Amparo Hofman’s Dance Troupe) was photographed by Lynn Hadley on July 24, 1998 while she was doing field work …
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Basque Pelota Court, Jordan Valley
The photograph above, taken around 1920, shows a group of Basque immigrants in Jordan Valley’s pelota court. Pelota, which means “ball” in Spanish, is …
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Beach Gold Diggings
This sketch was published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine in October 1856. It shows gold miners working black sands near Randolph, a short-lived mining town located …
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Beatrice Marshall's Oral History
Beatrice Marshall was interviewed by Christine Poole and Madeline Moore as part of the Northwest Women’s History Project. In this transcribed excerpt of her interview, …
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Beatrice Morrow Cannady
Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1890-1974), shown here in a 1929 photograph, was one of Oregon’s pioneer African American civil rights advocates. Born in Litig, Texas, on …
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Beaver Trap
This beaver trap, from the early nineteenth century, was found by William Deveny in the Rogue River of southern Oregon. From the mid-sixteenth century through …
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Before Contact
Archaeological evidence along the lower Columbia River and throughout present-day Oregon and Washington dates the earliest human habitation between 11,500 BP and 10,500 BP. New …
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