In her autobiography, Gert Boyle proffers “Ma Boyle’s Recipe for Success in Business.” The first ingredient is “Don’t give up.” That advice also tops the …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Few ghost towns in Oregon have such colorful histories as the small towns, mining camps, and settlements in the Illinois River Valley in Southwestern Oregon. …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Although Gilbert Gable lived in Oregon for only a few years, he gained notoriety in the state, both as mayor of Port Orford and as …

Oregon Encyclopedia

The presentation of choral music in Oregon changed when Gilbert Stewart Seeley arrived in 1975. “He has established a new standard of excellence in this …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Gilchrist, in northern Klamath County, located along U.S. Highway 97 about fifty miles south of Bend, was the last industrial company town in Oregon owned …

Oregon Encyclopedia

As an agent of the Federal Government, Eadweard Muybridge recorded the final stages of the Modoc War in 1873 with this and many other photographs.  …

Oregon History Project

A gillnet is used by fishermen throughout the world to catch various species of fish, and scientists frequently use gillnets as a sampling tool to …

Oregon Encyclopedia

This 1937 photograph, taken by Ray Atkeson, shows men fishing with a gillnet near or at the mouth of the Columbia River. As a professional …

Oregon History Project

This ca. 1891 watercolor painting by Cleveland Rockwell shows fishers using gillnets on the Columbia River. Gill Netters Near Rooster Rock is one of hundreds …

Oregon History Project

This photograph shows the 1913 girls’ basketball team at the Oregon School for the Deaf. The school, which still exists, represents a state effort to …

Oregon History Project