This photograph was taken in 1991 to document the work of Mary Ann Meanus (on right) as she trained apprentice Rhonda Arthur (on left) in …

Oregon History Project

This photograph of John Sharp posing in front of his Prineville home was taken by Folklife coordinator Leila Childs on June 9, 2000.  At the …

Oregon History Project

This photograph, taken about 1885, shows a freight train of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company along the south shore of the Columbia River several …

Oregon History Project

Stewart Holbrook noted that the “pure logger strain” of industrial worker was threatened in 1938. By the 1950s, that threat became clear to the industry …

Oregon History Project

Transportation systems, especially roads and freeways, are among the most visible aspects of the built environment today. Oregon’s transportation system in the early nineteenth century …

Oregon History Project

The Trask River Wagon Toll Road may have given travelers “the most awful ride in the world”—a description taken from a passenger's account written in …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon’s Treasure Trove Act (ORS 273.718-273.742), which lasted from 1967 to 1999, regulated persistent treasure-hunting activity on state lands, especially in the Neahkahnie Mountain area …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Once the federal government resolved the western Oregon Indian question to its satisfaction, officials turned their attention to central and eastern Oregon. Once again, federal …

Oregon History Project

By the early 1850s, Euro-Americans were moving into the Oregon Territory in ever-greater numbers. Even though Congress had acknowledged Indian title to their lands in …

Oregon History Project

This image depicts James Monroe, Francois de Barbé-Marbois, and Robert Livingston signing the treaty for the purchase of Louisiana at Paris in 1803. It is …

Oregon History Project