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Reclaiming the Land

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 …

Oregon History Project
Reconnaissance for a Military Road

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 …

Oregon History Project
Recreation of Community Divisions—Women

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 …

Oregon History Project
Recruits at the Forest Grove Indian School

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 …

Oregon History Project
Redmond Now, Promotional Pamphlet

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 …

Oregon History Project
Religion, Social Clubs, and Education

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, …

Oregon History Project
Renewing the Public Space and the New Urbanism

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 …

Oregon History Project
Reply to Questionnaire on Interracial Practices in the YWCA

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 …

Oregon History Project
Report by William H. Rector, 1862

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 …

Oregon History Project
Report by W.V. Rinehart, 1879

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 …

Oregon History Project