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  • Thara John Memory (1948-2017)

    Thara John Memory was a trumpet player, composer, educator, and activist in the Portland jazz community. In 2011, the Portland Jazz Festival named him an …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave (Heat Dome)

    A historic heatwave affected Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest during late June 2021, breaking high temperature records, some by several degrees. On June 29, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The 4-Minute Men

    This document was produced in July 1918 by the Committee on Public Information, a federal government office authorized by President Woodrow Wilson to increase public …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Advocate

    From 1903 until about 1938, the Advocate recorded incidents of racism and discrimination in restaurants, jobs, and theaters and demanded civil rights for Oregon’s two …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943

    Oregon shipyards added hundreds, sometimes thousands, of new workers to their payrolls during World War II. Employers recruited women to fill positions typically held by …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Applegates

    The Applegates were one of Oregon’s most influential early pioneer families, a fact reflected in the landscape. They have a river, a valley, a mountain, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Applegate Trail

    In 1843 three brothers, Jesse, Lindsay, and Charles Applegate and their families, joined the emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail. Times had been hard back …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Arrival of Looking Glass

    This excerpt from Army officer Lawrence Kip’s journal describes the dramatic arrival of Chief Looking Glass at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. Looking Glass had …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Arts Center

    The Arts Center had its beginnings in the late 1950s, when a friend handed Marion Gathercoal A Survey of Arts Councils. Gathercoal was president …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Astorians and the Hudson’s Bay Company

    The Astorians were the first fur traders to arrive. New York entrepreneur John Jacob Astor sent two groups of clerks to the Columbia River country—one …

    Oregon History Project

3230 results

  • Thara John Memory (1948-2017)

    Thara John Memory was a trumpet player, composer, educator, and activist in the Portland jazz community. In 2011, the Portland Jazz Festival named him an …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave (Heat Dome)

    A historic heatwave affected Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest during late June 2021, breaking high temperature records, some by several degrees. On June 29, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The 4-Minute Men

    This document was produced in July 1918 by the Committee on Public Information, a federal government office authorized by President Woodrow Wilson to increase public …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Advocate

    From 1903 until about 1938, the Advocate recorded incidents of racism and discrimination in restaurants, jobs, and theaters and demanded civil rights for Oregon’s two …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943

    Oregon shipyards added hundreds, sometimes thousands, of new workers to their payrolls during World War II. Employers recruited women to fill positions typically held by …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Applegates

    The Applegates were one of Oregon’s most influential early pioneer families, a fact reflected in the landscape. They have a river, a valley, a mountain, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Applegate Trail

    In 1843 three brothers, Jesse, Lindsay, and Charles Applegate and their families, joined the emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail. Times had been hard back …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Arrival of Looking Glass

    This excerpt from Army officer Lawrence Kip’s journal describes the dramatic arrival of Chief Looking Glass at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. Looking Glass had …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Arts Center

    The Arts Center had its beginnings in the late 1950s, when a friend handed Marion Gathercoal A Survey of Arts Councils. Gathercoal was president …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Astorians and the Hudson’s Bay Company

    The Astorians were the first fur traders to arrive. New York entrepreneur John Jacob Astor sent two groups of clerks to the Columbia River country—one …

    Oregon History Project