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Basque Immigration
This traditional Basque dress (property of Amparo Hofman’s Dance Troupe) was photographed by Lynn Hadley on July 24, 1998 while she was doing field work …
Basque Pelota Court, Jordan Valley
The photograph above, taken around 1920, shows a group of Basque immigrants in Jordan Valley’s pelota court. Pelota, which means “ball” in Spanish, is …
Beach Gold Diggings
This sketch was published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine in October 1856. It shows gold miners working black sands near Randolph, a short-lived mining town located …
Beatrice Marshall's Oral History
Beatrice Marshall was interviewed by Christine Poole and Madeline Moore as part of the Northwest Women’s History Project. In this transcribed excerpt of her interview, …
Beatrice Morrow Cannady
Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1890-1974), shown here in a 1929 photograph, was one of Oregon’s pioneer African American civil rights advocates. Born in Litig, Texas, on …
Beaver Trap
This beaver trap, from the early nineteenth century, was found by William Deveny in the Rogue River of southern Oregon. From the mid-sixteenth century through …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …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.
