Welcome to the Oregon Encyclopedia.
Explore Oregon's history and culture — from Athapaskan Indians to Zigzag Ranger Station
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May: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Learn about Oregon's Asian American and Pacific Islander History.
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![Chinese Americans in Oregon]()
Chinese Americans in Oregon
The Pioneer Period, 1850-1860 The Cantonese-Chinese were the first Chinese in Oregon. They immigra…
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![East Indians of Oregon and the Ghadar Party]()
East Indians of Oregon and the Ghadar Party
In the early twentieth century, five to six hundred men and one family of East Indians lived alon…
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![Hawaiians in the Oregon Country]()
Hawaiians in the Oregon Country
Native Hawaiians were among the earliest outsiders in present-day Oregon. The future state’s …
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![Hmong Immigration]()
Hmong Immigration
During the 1960s, the Hmong in Laos aided the United States in the Vietnam War, providing intellige…
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![Japanese Americans in Oregon]()
Japanese Americans in Oregon
Immigrants from the West Resting in the shade of the Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, there is a grave ma…
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![Kam Wah Chung and Co.]()
Kam Wah Chung and Co.
The Kam Wah Chung and Company (Jin huachang ‘Golden Flower of Prosperity’) was a Chines…
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Owyhee River
The Owyhee River, in the southeastern corner of Oregon, is a 280-mile-long tributary of t…
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An interactive map of notable places, people, and events in Oregon history.
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Oregon History Project
The Research Library at the Oregon Historical Society provides direct access to digitized and digital materials as well as narratives from Pacific Northwest historians.
The Corner Gallery
Women's History Month: Dr. Kimberly Jensen
In honor of Women's History Month, The OE is pleased to feature the scholarship of OE author and Editorial Board member Dr. Kimberly Jensen.
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![Elizabeth Eggert (1848-1935)]()
Elizabeth Eggert (1848-1935)
Elizabeth Avery Eggert, a homeopathic physician, businesswoman, and act…
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![Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy (1869-1967)]()
Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy (1869-1967)
Physician Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy took an active and significant ro…
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![Katherine Manion (1867-1956)]()
Katherine Manion (1867-1956)
As an activist and physician, Katherine Manion contributed to Oregon wo…
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![Kathryn Clarke (1873-1940)]()
Kathryn Clarke (1873-1940)
Kathryn Clarke, the first woman to serve in the Oregon Senate, made wor…
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![Lizzie Weeks (1879-1976)]()
Lizzie Weeks (1879-1976)
Lizzie Koontz Weeks was an African American activist in Portland in the…
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![Mae Harrington Whitney Cardwell (1853-1929)]()
Mae Harrington Whitney Cardwell (1853-1929)
Mae Harrington, the first woman to hold a position on a hospital staff …
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![Marian B. Towne (1880 - 1966)]()
Marian B. Towne (1880 - 1966)
As the first woman elected to the Oregon House of Representatives (1914…
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![Mary Cachot Therkelsen (1875-1937)]()
Mary Cachot Therkelsen (1875-1937)
Physician, businesswoman, and suffragist Mary Agnes Cachot Therkelsen c…
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![Maurine Neuberger (1906-2000)]()
Maurine Neuberger (1906-2000)
Maurine Brown Neuberger entered politics as an Oregon state legislator …
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![Nan Wood Honeyman (1881–1970)]()
Nan Wood Honeyman (1881–1970)
Nan Wood Honeyman made history as the first woman elected to the U.S. H…
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![Sarah Ann Shannon Evans (1854-1940)]()
Sarah Ann Shannon Evans (1854-1940)
Sarah A. Evans epitomized the characteristics of clubwomen of the Unite…
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![Susan Castillo (1951-)]()
Susan Castillo (1951-)
Susan Castillo was the first Latina elected to the Oregon State Legisla…
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![Woman Suffrage in Oregon]()
Woman Suffrage in Oregon
The campaign to achieve voting rights (also called suffrage or the fran…
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