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United States v. Clapox, 1888
In March 1888, a Umatilla Indian woman known as Minnie was arrested by the Indian police and imprisoned in the reservation jail for living with …
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United States v. Tom (1853)
In United States v. Tom, the Oregon Territorial Supreme Court questioned the principle of federal supremacy over American Indian affairs in the territory and …
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University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Located in Eugene on the University of Oregon (UO) campus, the Museum of Natural and Cultural History traces its origins to 1876, when Thomas Condon …
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University of Portland
"Founded on a bluff and run on that principle," as historian Jim Covert writes, the University of Portland was born on the morning of September …
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University of Portland Pilots women's soccer
The women’s soccer team is the most successful athletic club at the University of Portland (UP), with multiple national championships and other awards. The team …
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University of Western States
The University of Western States has been a fixture of the Oregon healthcare community since 1904. The college began at the turn of the twentieth …
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Untide Press
The Untide Press (1943-1951) was a small poetry press founded at Camp Angel, a Civilian Public Service (CPS) site near Waldport. It was one of …
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Up the Columbia and Back with the Nez Perce
The Corps left Fort Clatsop on March 23, 1806, in a hurry to reach Nez Perce country and cross the mountains that had so tortured …
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Uranium Miners, Malheur County, 1954
This photograph was taken by Harano Studio of Ontario, Oregon, in March 1954. It shows Lee Gibson, Allen Berends, and Elden Berends, all from Marsing, …
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Urban Growth Boundary
Each urban area in Oregon is required to define an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Housing tracts, shopping malls, and other kinds of urban development are …
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