America’s introduction to the lucrative Pacific Northwest Coast fur trade occurred on August 10, 1788, when the sloop Lady Washington, under Captain Robert Gray, …

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This engraving is one of the illustrations included in Charles M. Scammon’s The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of America, published in 1874. …

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Sea serpent (or monster) lore has been a staple of Oregon’s coastal culture since at least the 1930s, when newspapers reported the sighting of an …

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This photograph, which dates to approximately 1875, features guests arriving at or departing from Seaside House in Seaside, Oregon. Transportation tycoon Benjamin Holladay constructed the …

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This photograph of an Astoria and Columbia River train is one of many that appear in the railroad’s promotional pamphlet, printed around 1904,  entitled, “The …

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Seasonal festivals and other activities take place throughout the Willamette Valley. Such regular displays of ethnic, occupational, or other folklore identities create windows into the …

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Sebastian C. Adams provides an example of how the Christian missionary zeal of many early Oregon settlers was accompanied by exceptional entreprenurial talents. Adams was …

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This photograph shows Company I of the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment crossing a river (identified as either the Quinqua or the Norzagaray) in the …

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Soldiers from the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment are shown in this photograph parading down San Francisco’s Market Street after their return from the Philippines. …

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Although the Finns of Astoria provide an example of the expression of ethnic identity among European immigrants, the related documents accompanying this essay suggest that …

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