Refine your search.

Search both the Oregon Encyclopedia and our partner site, the Oregon History Project.

3230 results

  • 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

  • The People

    The Klamath and Modoc peoples share a reservation with the Yahooskin, a Paiute tribe from high desert country to the east. Their ancestors spoke dialects …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Politics of Assimilation

    By 1920, the drive by eastside small businessmen for increased political power became encased in a national fear of subversive foreign influence. In 1919, the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Building

    When the Portland Building on Southwest Fifth and Main opened in 1982, the design by architect Michael Graves then a “relative unknown in the world of …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Bunch, Camp Lewis, 1918

    This World War I-era photograph of an African American Army unit was taken at Camp Lewis, Washington, on August 23, 1918. Nicknamed the “Portland Bunch,” …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Domination

    The population of Oregon swelled from 90,923 in 1870 to 413,536 in 1900. By 1900, two dozen communities had a population of 1,000 or more, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Reporter

    A product of the third longest newspaper strike in the United States, the Portland Reporter launched in 1960 as an alternative to the Oregonian and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Postwar Economy

    As the wars in Europe and Asia slogged toward their bloody ends, federal and state officials turned their attention toward the postwar economy. With the …

    Oregon History Project

3230 results

  • 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

  • The People

    The Klamath and Modoc peoples share a reservation with the Yahooskin, a Paiute tribe from high desert country to the east. Their ancestors spoke dialects …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Politics of Assimilation

    By 1920, the drive by eastside small businessmen for increased political power became encased in a national fear of subversive foreign influence. In 1919, the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Building

    When the Portland Building on Southwest Fifth and Main opened in 1982, the design by architect Michael Graves then a “relative unknown in the world of …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Bunch, Camp Lewis, 1918

    This World War I-era photograph of an African American Army unit was taken at Camp Lewis, Washington, on August 23, 1918. Nicknamed the “Portland Bunch,” …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Domination

    The population of Oregon swelled from 90,923 in 1870 to 413,536 in 1900. By 1900, two dozen communities had a population of 1,000 or more, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Portland Reporter

    A product of the third longest newspaper strike in the United States, the Portland Reporter launched in 1960 as an alternative to the Oregonian and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Postwar Economy

    As the wars in Europe and Asia slogged toward their bloody ends, federal and state officials turned their attention toward the postwar economy. With the …

    Oregon History Project