This letter was written by Baker City businessman Frederick Mellis to Oregon Governor George Chamberlain on July 24, 1903. It discusses the mining industry’s opposition …

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George Drouillard, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, wrote this letter to his sister on May 23, 1809. It was probably transcribed in …

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This letter from Oregon Governor Charles H. Martin to James R. Bain refers to a contentious dispute between competing labor unions and business owners that …

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The 1850s were easily the bloodiest decade in the history of southwestern Oregon. While relations between whites and Indians in the Rogue Valley had long …

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Reverend Horace Lyman was a County School Commissioner in Portland and a strong advocate for public education. In this letter to the editor of the …

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This letter was written by James Mullany to his sister Mary on November 28, 1861. He discusses his experience as a miner in Idaho during …

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Catholic priest Jean Baptiste A. Brouillet wrote this letter to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs on May 2, 1866. In it, Brouillet requested …

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As the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau holds a special place in the history of the American West. Charbonneau …

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This letter of December 12, 1883, was written by Oregon pioneer Jesse Applegate to pioneer and Oregon State legislator John Minto.  Applegate was responding to …

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Oregon District Attorney J. F. Caples wrote this letter to the Portland City Council warning about the city’s violation of a state law banning the …

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