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Ben Holladay (1819-1887)
Ben Holladay was a businessman involved in the stagecoach and railroad industry in the West. He was responsible for many of the stageline roads and …
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Ben Wright Massacre of 1852
These two accounts of the same event, one written by a white pioneer, the other by the son of a Modoc woman and a …
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Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926)
Because Bethenia Owens-Adair made the overland journey from Missouri to Oregon with her family in 1843, she did not begin her formal education until age …
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Bibliography—Columbia River Fishery
Ackerman, Lillian A. “Kinship, Family, and Gender Roles.” In The Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 12: Plateau, ed. Deward E. Walker Jr. …
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Big Obsidian Flow, Newberry Crater
This photograph shows the Big Obsidian Flow that forms part of Newberry Crater. Located in Central Oregon approximately twelve miles southeast of Bend, Newberry Crater …
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Bill Berry with Rose Festival Princess
The Portland Urban League was established in 1945 during a time of racial strain between Portland’s black and white communities. Beginning in 1941, blacks began …
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Bill Browne & Dummy A-Bomb Test, 1955
This photograph originally appeared in the Oregon Journal, one week prior to the Federal Civil Defense Administration’s (FDCA) “Operation Cue,” a televised demonstration to …
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Bird's-Eye View of Pendleton
This bird’s-eye view, published by the East Oregonian Publishing Company, shows the town of Pendleton around 1890. Bird’s eye views, also known as panoramic maps, …
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Bird’s-eye View of Prineville, c. 1915
This bird’s-eye view of Prineville, Oregon was taken by Charles Wesley Andrews (1875–1950) around 1915. The photograph looks east down Main Street. Ochoco Creek is …
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Birds of a Feather
In 1902, William L. Finley of Portland organized the Oregon chapter of the Audubon Society. That same year Congress passed the Newlands Act, establishing the …
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