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Nathalie McDowell Johnson (1959-)
Dr. Nathalie McDowell Johnson, a dancer and physician, moved to Oregon to focus on women’s breast health and cancer education. She is known for her …
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Nathaniel Wyeth's expeditions to Oregon
A businessman from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Wyeth played an important role in the Euro American colonization of the Pacific Northwest. As a result of his …
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
This photograph features delegates to the annual National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention in Portland, June 29 through July 5, 1905. Although most of the …
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National Election Ticket, California, 1864
This election ticket from California is from the 1864 presidential election, when Republican incumbent President Abraham Lincoln faced Democratic challenger Gen. George B. McClellan—Lincoln’s former …
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National Forests in Oregon, 1892 to 1933
The first forest reserves in the state were established in 1892-1893, although management of the federal forests did not begin until the summer of 1898. …
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National Forest Timber for Sale
These documents describe an early timber sale in the Malheur National Forest. The first document is a newspaper advertisement for the sale, which took place …
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National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is located five miles east of Baker City, along a stretch of ruts left by the wagons …
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National Reclamation Act (1902)
When Congress passed the National Reclamation Act in 1902, the measure set in motion the dramatic transformation of arid sections of the American West to …
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National Wild and Scenic Rivers in Oregon
The world's first and most extensive system of protected rivers began with congressional passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968. The rivers …
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Native American Agricultural Labor
As early as the 1830s, when French Canadians associated with the Hudson's Bay Company began establishing the French Prairie farming region in the Willamette Valley …
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