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  • The First Peoples

    The places and stories that became Oregon had their beginnings amid cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, basalt lava flows, and powerful floods that shaped and reshaped the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The FisherPoets Gathering

    Founded in 1998, the FisherPoets Gathering takes place every year in Astoria, Oregon, on the last weekend in February in celebration of commercial fishing. The …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Gateway of an Empire

    This 1924 booklet promoted Portland as the natural “gateway” for ship trade between the Pacific Northwest “empire” and markets on the East Coast and in foreign countries. The inside …

    Oregon History Project

  • The General (film)

    Buster Keaton's masterpiece and one of the greatest silent movies of all time was filmed in the Cottage Grove area in the summer of 1926. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Goonies (Film)

    For four weeks in the fall of 1984, the Uppertown neighborhood of Astoria became the Goondocks, the location for one of the most beloved films …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Great Depression

    The lumber industry, buoyed by heavy orders and high prices during World War I, weathered the postwar economic decline, and remained the region’s predominant industry. …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was, in part, a result of overproduction during the late 1920s. Lumber, food crops, livestock, and other products glutted the nation’s markets, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Great Flood of 1861

    In this excerpt from an undated handwritten reminiscence, George Anson Pease, a steamboat captain based out of Oregon City, relates his experiences during the 1861 …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Grotto

    The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, also known as The Grotto, is a sixty-two-acre Roman Catholic sanctuary dedicated to Mary, Mother of Jesus. Located …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Growth of Portland

    Before the railroad reached Puget Sound, nearly all trade from the Columbia Basin was channeled through Portland, the region's leading seaport and reputedly one of …

    Oregon History Project

3266 results

  • The First Peoples

    The places and stories that became Oregon had their beginnings amid cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, basalt lava flows, and powerful floods that shaped and reshaped the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The FisherPoets Gathering

    Founded in 1998, the FisherPoets Gathering takes place every year in Astoria, Oregon, on the last weekend in February in celebration of commercial fishing. The …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Gateway of an Empire

    This 1924 booklet promoted Portland as the natural “gateway” for ship trade between the Pacific Northwest “empire” and markets on the East Coast and in foreign countries. The inside …

    Oregon History Project

  • The General (film)

    Buster Keaton's masterpiece and one of the greatest silent movies of all time was filmed in the Cottage Grove area in the summer of 1926. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Goonies (Film)

    For four weeks in the fall of 1984, the Uppertown neighborhood of Astoria became the Goondocks, the location for one of the most beloved films …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Great Depression

    The lumber industry, buoyed by heavy orders and high prices during World War I, weathered the postwar economic decline, and remained the region’s predominant industry. …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was, in part, a result of overproduction during the late 1920s. Lumber, food crops, livestock, and other products glutted the nation’s markets, …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Great Flood of 1861

    In this excerpt from an undated handwritten reminiscence, George Anson Pease, a steamboat captain based out of Oregon City, relates his experiences during the 1861 …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Grotto

    The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, also known as The Grotto, is a sixty-two-acre Roman Catholic sanctuary dedicated to Mary, Mother of Jesus. Located …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Growth of Portland

    Before the railroad reached Puget Sound, nearly all trade from the Columbia Basin was channeled through Portland, the region's leading seaport and reputedly one of …

    Oregon History Project