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Young Cadets Drill at Hill Military Academy
This ca. 1920 photograph shows students on the campus of the Hill Military Academy in northwest Portland.
Private schools have a long history in Oregon, …
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Youth Harvest Beans, Sauvie Island, 1943
This 1943 photograph shows two teenage boys working with a woman to harvest wax bush beans on Sauvie Island. During World War II, many Oregon …
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Zacheas Van Ornum Petition for Indemnity
This letter was written by Oregon settler Zacheas Van Ornum. It is undated, but it was probably written to Van Ornum’s lawyer in the 1890s …
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Zane Grey (1872–1939)
Inveterate angler Zane Grey, writer of highly popular Western fiction, first visited Oregon in 1919 to fish the waters of the Rogue River and Crater …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Zigzag Ranger Station
Zigzag Ranger Station is the headquarters for the Zigzag District of the Mount Hood National Forest. Built mostly on the south side of Highway 26 …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Zimmerman Heritage Farm
The Zimmerman Heritage Farm in Gresham consists of an 1874 farmhouse on 5.98 acres, the remnant of a large dairy farm operated by the family …
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