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McQuinn Strip Land Dispute
In 1855 the “Indian tribes of Middle Oregon” ceded ten million acres of their ancestral lands to the United States, reserving approximately 600,000 acres for their …
Protestor Struggles with Police, 1966
This September 27, 1966, photograph shows police officers struggling with Julia Ruuttila at a Vietnam War era protest against Vice President Hubert Humphrey outside the …
Albina Residents Picket the Portland Development Commission, 1973
Beginning in the 1960s, the City of Portland, with the cooperation of the Portland Development Commission (PDC) and Emanuel Hospital, began to lay the groundwork …
Brouillet's Account of the Murder of Dr. Whitman
In 1869 Jean Baptiste Brouillet, a French Canadian Catholic missionary to Oregon, published the Authentic Account of the Murder of Dr. Whitman and Other Missionaries …
EWEB is on the Coast to Stay!
This political advertisement was paid for by Citizens for the Orderly Development of Electricity (CODE). It appeared in the Eugene Register-Guard on May 18, 1970, …
Letter to Louis Ambler, 1961
This October 16, 1961, letter was sent to Louis Ambler, Regional Director of the Federal Housing Administration in San Francisco, to protest the Housing Authority …
Tom McCall's Re-election
Oregon GovernorTom McCall issued this eight-page press release in early September, 1970, during his successful re-election campaign. This is the first page of that statement. …
Advertisement, Vote 314x Yes
This paid advertisement in support of the Oregon Compulsory Education Bill appeared in many newspapers across the state in the weeks prior to the 1922 …
American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of the Oregon Territory
The mythology that (mis)characterizes the American settlement of the West as an epic tale of virtuous triumph over a dangerous and exhilarating wilderness was fueled …
Boy Drinks from Stream, Three Sisters Wilderness
This photograph of a young hiker taking water from a stream of snowmelt in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area is from the Oregon Journal Collection …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
