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Debate Over Oregon Constitution
This document is an excerpt from a speech by Missouri congressman John B. Clarke in the U.S. House of Representatives supporting the admission of Oregon. …
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Decision at the Marias River
In early June 1805, the Corps of Discovery found itself at a crossroads. The explorers were determined to make their way to the source of …
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Dekum Building (Portland)
The Dekum Building is an eight-story, Richardsonian Romanesque edifice constructed between 1891 and 1892. Frank Dekum commissioned the Portland architectural firm of McCaw & Martin …
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Della Cramer at Southern Pacific Rail Yard
On Oct. 7, 1942, the Oregon Journal published this photograph of Della Cramer working as a rivet heater at the Southern Pacific Railroad in the …
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Dell Hathaway Hymes (1927-2009)
One measure of the stature of Dell Hymes as a social scientist in the last three decades of the twentieth century is that he held …
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Demonstration of Ernst Well
In the early 1920s, the Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology (OBMG) spent $40,000 drilling four test wells for water in the arid Fort Rock …
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DeMoss Springs Park
The 2.5-acre DeMoss Springs Park is the only county park in Sherman County. For over a hundred years, the park has provided access to a …
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DeNorval Unthank (1899-1977)
In 1929, Portland was a city deeply divided. Its small population of African Americans lived uneasily among their white neighbors. Only three years had passed …
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Dentalia Shell & Bead Necklace
This necklace is strung with dentalia shells and beads. Dentalium (Antalis pretiosum) are variously sized ocean mollusks that resemble miniature elephant tusks and may …
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Dentistry in Oregon
Early Dentistry
Before 1847, there were some surgeon-dentists in eastern cities but none in Oregon. Toothache—usually caused by an abscess—was a common part of daily …
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