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  • The Martha Washington (building)

    In 1911, the Portland Women’s Union, a group of volunteers who created one of the first organizations in Oregon to provide safe housing for …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Meier & Frank Bombing, 1955

    Shoppers stumbled out in shock after twelve sticks of dynamite exploded in the third floor restroom of the Meier & Frank Department Store in downtown …

    Oregon History Project

  • Themes for an Urban History

    Cities are created through charters, and state legislatures designate names, geographic boundaries, governmental form and election procedures, and powers to make contracts and tax. But …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Mills

    After their mills began operations in Bend in 1916, the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company and the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, logged their way south, cutting out the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The More Women at Work

    This poster was issued by the Office of War Information after the United States’ entry into World War II had drained much of the available …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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

3266 results

  • The Martha Washington (building)

    In 1911, the Portland Women’s Union, a group of volunteers who created one of the first organizations in Oregon to provide safe housing for …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Meier & Frank Bombing, 1955

    Shoppers stumbled out in shock after twelve sticks of dynamite exploded in the third floor restroom of the Meier & Frank Department Store in downtown …

    Oregon History Project

  • Themes for an Urban History

    Cities are created through charters, and state legislatures designate names, geographic boundaries, governmental form and election procedures, and powers to make contracts and tax. But …

    Oregon History Project

  • The Mills

    After their mills began operations in Bend in 1916, the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company and the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, logged their way south, cutting out the …

    Oregon History Project

  • The More Women at Work

    This poster was issued by the Office of War Information after the United States’ entry into World War II had drained much of the available …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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