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  • The Baltimore Colony

    This hand-written document is an excerpt from the first draft of Binger Hermann’s (1843-1926) autobiography, titled “The Story of a Busy Life.” It describes pioneer …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Beach Patrol in Oregon, U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1944

    The Beach Patrol in Oregon, which kept watch over the Oregon coastline during World War II, was part of the national Beach Patrol that monitored …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Blob: Impacts of the 2013-2016 Marine Heatwave on Oregon

    From December 2013 to August 2016, the northeast Pacific Ocean experienced a severe marine heatwave, or warm water event, known as the Blob. Like all …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Bohemians

    Singing was an avocation of members of The Bohemians, a male a cappella singing group that performed in Oregon from 1954 to 1962. The singers—who …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Bomber Restaurant and Catering

    When Art Lacey, a young pilot and gasoline station owner, envisioned combining his two passions into a business, people questioned his sanity. The Bomber, located …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Booster City and Business Leaders

    Portland started the twentieth century with a flourish of self-promotion. After a half century as the most important city in the Pacific Northwest, Portlanders were …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Bo's'n's Whistle

    ­­ Click here to see a pdf version of this issue. The Bo’s’n’s Whistle was an in-house publication distributed to employees of the Oregon Shipbuilding …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Coastal Landscape

    The Oregon Coast is a sliver of land between the mountains and the sea, almost three hundred miles long and an average of about fifty …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Coastal Lumber Industry

    It was clear by the last decades of the nineteenth century how logging was altering the coastal landscape. In 1872, writer Frances Fuller Victor visited …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Cockstock Incident

    In 1903, the Oregon Historical Quarterly reprinted this article, which appeared in the Reveille, a St. Louis, Missouri, newspaper, on October 21, 1844. The …

    Oregon History Project

3230 results

  • The Baltimore Colony

    This hand-written document is an excerpt from the first draft of Binger Hermann’s (1843-1926) autobiography, titled “The Story of a Busy Life.” It describes pioneer …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Beach Patrol in Oregon, U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1944

    The Beach Patrol in Oregon, which kept watch over the Oregon coastline during World War II, was part of the national Beach Patrol that monitored …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Blob: Impacts of the 2013-2016 Marine Heatwave on Oregon

    From December 2013 to August 2016, the northeast Pacific Ocean experienced a severe marine heatwave, or warm water event, known as the Blob. Like all …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Bohemians

    Singing was an avocation of members of The Bohemians, a male a cappella singing group that performed in Oregon from 1954 to 1962. The singers—who …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Bomber Restaurant and Catering

    When Art Lacey, a young pilot and gasoline station owner, envisioned combining his two passions into a business, people questioned his sanity. The Bomber, located …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Booster City and Business Leaders

    Portland started the twentieth century with a flourish of self-promotion. After a half century as the most important city in the Pacific Northwest, Portlanders were …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Bo's'n's Whistle

    ­­ Click here to see a pdf version of this issue. The Bo’s’n’s Whistle was an in-house publication distributed to employees of the Oregon Shipbuilding …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Coastal Landscape

    The Oregon Coast is a sliver of land between the mountains and the sea, almost three hundred miles long and an average of about fifty …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Coastal Lumber Industry

    It was clear by the last decades of the nineteenth century how logging was altering the coastal landscape. In 1872, writer Frances Fuller Victor visited …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Cockstock Incident

    In 1903, the Oregon Historical Quarterly reprinted this article, which appeared in the Reveille, a St. Louis, Missouri, newspaper, on October 21, 1844. The …

    Oregon History Project