The 1913 wreck of the Glenesslin is one of Oregon’s most enigmatic and often-discussed shipwrecks because of the strangeness of its grounding. It is …

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In 1925, a mob forced a Japanese labor crew to leave Toledo, a community of about 2,500 people on the central Oregon coast. The incident …

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Oregon’s Treasure Trove Act (ORS 273.718-273.742), which lasted from 1967 to 1999, regulated persistent treasure-hunting activity on state lands, especially in the Neahkahnie Mountain area …

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The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the "Triple Nickles" (using the English spelling of 'nickel'), was a World War II African American unit of the …

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In the early twentieth century, most loggers and millworkers lived in company-provided towns or camps, where the accommodations, food, pay, and working conditions could range …

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The photograph shows the cannery building and net drying racks of the Union Fishermen’s Co-Operative Packing Company in Astoria in the early 1920s. The salmon …

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Established in 1849, Vancouver Barracks played a pivotal role in regional, national, and international military operations for nearly a century. The first U.S. Army post …

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The Vanport Extension Center grew from a converted shopping mall and recreation center in the World War II city of Vanport into Portland State University …

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Once dubbed a "militant housewife" by the Oregonian, Vera Katz arrived in the United States as a seven-year-old World War II refugee. At the …

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'This 1918 campaign card—showing here the front and back—promoted the political candidacy of Walter M. Pierce, a Democratic state senator, in his first bid …

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