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Trask Toll Road
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
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Treasure Trove Law
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
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Treaties and Reservations
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
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Treaties and Reservations
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 …
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Treaty for the Louisiana Purchase
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 …
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Treaty with the Snake (Northern Paiute), 1865
This treaty, dated August 12, 1865, is reprinted from the second volume of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties, published in 1904. J.W. …
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Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon
In June 1855, Joel Palmer, Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs, met at The Dalles with representatives of the various Upper Chinookan and Sahaptin peoples of …
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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
The history of Trinity Episcopal Church, now the cathedral of the Diocese of Oregon, has been an integral part of the history of Portland and …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Triple Nickles -- 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the "Triple Nickles" (using the English spelling of 'nickel'), was a World War II African American unit of the …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
The Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, located in Columbia County about twelve miles north of St. Helens, began generating power in March 1976. It shut …
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