Refine your search.
Search both the Oregon Encyclopedia and our partner site, the Oregon History Project.
3230 results
-
Jean Kitts Young (1904–1992)
During her life, Jean Kitts Young amassed a half-century of volunteer service and political activism, ranging from civic advocacy and governmental reform to work on …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Jean M. Auel (1936-)
No contemporary Oregon writer has achieved the superstar celebrity status of Jean Auel. And she did it with one book, Clan of the Cave Bear …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831)
Jedediah Strong Smith was one of the first and, arguably, the most important of the American trappers and explorers who penetrated the interior Oregon Country …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
J. Edward Schroeder (1914–2010)
John Edward Schroeder was Oregon’s eighth State Forester, serving from 1965 to 1979. One of his lasting accomplishments was the replanting of the Tillamook Burn, …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Jefferson Peace Medal
During the course of the Expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark handed out several dozen …
Oregon History Project
-
Jefferson Public Radio
Owned by and operating from the campus of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) serves one of the largest geographic areas …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Jefferson's Idea
The hard evidence of the origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition sit on bookshelves at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s residence near Charlottesville, Virginia. The books, …
Oregon History Project
-
Jefferson's Instructions
Months before his message to Congress, the president had chosen Meriwether Lewisto lead the western expedition. A fellow Virginian and son of a plantation owner …
Oregon History Project
-
Jeff Lahti (1956-)
When he was eight years old, Jeffrey Allen Lahti told his mother, "I want to pitch to Johnny Bench." Eighteen years later, his dream came …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Jehovah's Witnesses Riots, 1942
On Sunday, September 20, 1942, nearly a thousand residents of Klamath Falls clashed with a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses attending their state convention in a …
Oregon Encyclopedia
