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  • The Myth of Chinese Tunnels in Pendleton

    Pendleton is one of several Oregon communities rumored to have underground passageways that were built and occupied by Chinese residents during the late nineteenth and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The New Century

    The professionalization of architecture was greatly influenced by the historically based training given at the French École des Beaux-Arts. In the United States, the Classical …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Northern Great Basin During the Ice Age

    During the Ice Age, from about 25,000 to 11,700 years ago, the Northern Great Basin in present-day Oregon and northern Nevada was in many ways …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Theodore Stern (1917-2005)

    Theodore “Ted” Stern was a member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon for thirty-nine years, from 1948 to 1987. He was …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Old and the New

    The photograph titled “Celilo Whirlpool” depicts two Native fishers using dipnets in front of a commercial fishwheel. Compared to traditional fishing methods, fishwheels were the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Old Church Concert Hall

    In 1882, fifty Presbyterians organized a new Portland congregation. They engaged architect Warren H. Williams to design a structure combining the spare simplicity of their …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Oregon Camera Club

    The Oregon Camera Club, organized in 1895 (versions of which exist today), was a popular amateur photography society that met monthly in Portland. Its formation …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Oregon Coast

    The word “tradition” comes from the Latin tradere, “to hand over, to deliver.” It may seem to imply a static, unchanging state, yet folklife …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Oregonian

    The Oregonian, the oldest newspaper in continuous production west of Salt Lake City, Utah, began as the Weekly Oregonian on December 4, 1850. Thomas …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Oregonian Building, 1912

    This busy corner at Southwest Sixth and Alder shows the mixed modes of transportation common in 1912 when the photo was taken.  Bicycles remained popular …

    Oregon History Project

3216 results

  • The Myth of Chinese Tunnels in Pendleton

    Pendleton is one of several Oregon communities rumored to have underground passageways that were built and occupied by Chinese residents during the late nineteenth and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The New Century

    The professionalization of architecture was greatly influenced by the historically based training given at the French École des Beaux-Arts. In the United States, the Classical …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Northern Great Basin During the Ice Age

    During the Ice Age, from about 25,000 to 11,700 years ago, the Northern Great Basin in present-day Oregon and northern Nevada was in many ways …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Theodore Stern (1917-2005)

    Theodore “Ted” Stern was a member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon for thirty-nine years, from 1948 to 1987. He was …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Old and the New

    The photograph titled “Celilo Whirlpool” depicts two Native fishers using dipnets in front of a commercial fishwheel. Compared to traditional fishing methods, fishwheels were the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Old Church Concert Hall

    In 1882, fifty Presbyterians organized a new Portland congregation. They engaged architect Warren H. Williams to design a structure combining the spare simplicity of their …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Oregon Camera Club

    The Oregon Camera Club, organized in 1895 (versions of which exist today), was a popular amateur photography society that met monthly in Portland. Its formation …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Oregon Coast

    The word “tradition” comes from the Latin tradere, “to hand over, to deliver.” It may seem to imply a static, unchanging state, yet folklife …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Oregonian

    The Oregonian, the oldest newspaper in continuous production west of Salt Lake City, Utah, began as the Weekly Oregonian on December 4, 1850. Thomas …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Oregonian Building, 1912

    This busy corner at Southwest Sixth and Alder shows the mixed modes of transportation common in 1912 when the photo was taken.  Bicycles remained popular …

    Oregon History Project