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Yelleppit and the Walla Wallas

Yelleppit and the Walla Wallas

This excerpt from Meriwether Lewis’s journal describes the Corps of Discovery’s encounter with Walla Wallas and their headman Yelleppit (Tamtappam). After crossing the Umatilla River—which Lewis …

Oregon History Project
Yosuke Matsuoka

Yosuke Matsuoka

This photograph of Yosuke Matsuoka—part of the Oregon Journal collection—was taken in July 1940. Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat who played a key role in …

Oregon History Project
Young Cadets Drill at Hill Military Academy

Young Cadets Drill at Hill Military Academy

This ca. 1920 photograph shows students on the campus of the Hill Military Academy in northwest Portland. Private schools have a long history in Oregon, …

Oregon History Project
Youth Harvest Beans, Sauvie Island, 1943

Youth Harvest Beans, Sauvie Island, 1943

This 1943 photograph shows two teenage boys working with a woman to harvest wax bush beans on Sauvie Island. During World War II, many Oregon …

Oregon History Project
Zacheas Van Ornum Petition for Indemnity

Zacheas Van Ornum Petition for Indemnity

This letter was written by Oregon settler Zacheas Van Ornum. It is undated, but it was probably written to Van Ornum’s lawyer in the 1890s …

Oregon History Project

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.