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Round Butte Dam, 1965
This photograph of the Round Butte Dam was originally published on June 11, 1965, as an illustration for an Oregon Journal article, “$62 Million Round …
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Running the Mill
Water wheels powered the first lumber mills in the Upper Klamath Basin. Those were one-man operations that some of the earliest settlers used. It took …
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Rural-Urban Tensions
The ambitions and aspirations of Portland’s business community were expansive, and its publications alluded to “unoccupied” districts, “untapped” wealth, and the benefits of “opening up” …
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Russell Jim's Oral History
Russell Jim, a Yakama elder, was interviewed by Michael O’Rourke of the Oregon Historical Society as part of the Columbia River Dissenter Series, an oral …
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Russian Old Believers
This photograph of an unidentified child in peasant-style clothing was taken by Folklife Coordinator Joanne Mulcahy in 1989 while she was documenting Oregon’s population of …
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Rusty Automobiles, Willamette River, West Salem
The Oregon Journal published this Dec. 20, 1939 photograph, of automobiles being used to stop bank erosion on the Willamette River. Photographer and historian Ben …
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R.W. Tower Sawmill
These workers take a short break at the R.W. Tower sawmill to pose for this photo, circa 1912. The Tower Mill, located three miles south …
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Salmonberry Burn, 1945
This photograph was taken in July 1945. It shows Governor Earl Snell looking on as State Forester Nelson Rogers describes the 5,000-acre Salmonberry fire. This …
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Salmon Decline, 1894
This document is an excerpt from an 1894 report by the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Marshall McDonald. It describes the decline of salmon …
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Salmon Fingerlings Poured into the Columbia
This 1915 photograph shows people releasing salmon fry into the Columbia River. The photograph is from the collection of Marion T. Weatherford, who wrote local …
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