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Reclaiming the Land
Passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act in 1902 heightened expectations in Oregon that federal money would be available to develop irrigation projects in the arid …
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Reconnaissance for a Military Road
This map charts the western portion of the Oregon Trail as well as the route of the 1859 Wallen expedition, which explored eastern Oregon in …
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Recreation of Community Divisions—Women
After about 1900, changes in the structure of the industry and American immigration law worked against continuing to hire large numbers of Chinese in the …
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Recruits at the Forest Grove Indian School
Photographs like this one of an 1882 group of Spokane Indian children seven months into their residency at the Forest Grove Indian and Industrial Training …
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Redmond Now, Promotional Pamphlet
This promotional pamphlet of Redmond, Oregon was co-published by Southern Pacific and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company in 1910. The railroad companies hoped to …
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Religion, Social Clubs, and Education
Merchants, craftsmen, and other members of the middle class described churches as the center of social life. By the late 1850s, mainstream Protestant denominations—Methodists, Baptists, …
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Renewing the Public Space and the New Urbanism
Within a downtown whose property owners were receptive to the New Urbanism, public space was reconfigured to appeal to pedestrians. Even the eruption of Mount …
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Reply to Questionnaire on Interracial Practices in the YWCA
In 1943, the National YWCA asked officials of YWCA associations in different cities to answer a questionnaire regarding interracial policies, programming, and participation levels. In …
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Report by William H. Rector, 1862
This report describes a conflict between Umatilla Indians and white settlers over northeastern Oregon’s Grande Ronde Valley in the summer of 1862. It was written …
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Report by W.V. Rinehart, 1879
This excerpt is from a report written on August 15, 1879, by W.V. Rinehart, agent for the Malheur Indian Reservation. It describes the removal of Paiute …
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