When Postmaster General James Farley jokingly toasted the " Soviet of Washington" in 1936, he included Oregon among the remaining "47 states" for good reason: …

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The Socialist Party of Oregon was founded in 1901, at the same time as the Socialist Party of America. The national party was the result …

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This document is a selection from a report that the Social Survey Committee wrote for the Consumers’ League of Oregon. The report described the committee’s …

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Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon lived in Vermont, Iowa, and Hawaii before coming to Oregon in 1849. He settled on land located between Portland and Oregon City …

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Since its founding in 1969, SOLVE (formerly SOLV) has worked to clean up litter in Oregon. In recent years, the nonprofit group has expanded its …

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This aerial photograph shows the first five model houses at the grand opening of Somerset West, “planned $500 million ‘satellite city’ 10 miles west of …

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In 1873, there was a growing desire on the part of many of the early immigrants who settled the Willamette and other valleys of the …

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Aikens, C. Melvin. Archaeology of Oregon. Portland: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1986. Allen, Barbara. Homesteading the High Desert. Salt Lake City: University of Utah …

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Many people in Douglas, Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath counties have joined with their northern California neighbors into the mythical State of Jefferson. Named for …

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The Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) collects, preserves, and shares the historical documents and artifacts of Southern Oregon. For much of its existence, SOHS was …

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