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  • Nard Jones (1904-1972)

    Nard Jones—novelist, historian, and journalist—wrote prolifically about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, publishing more than a dozen novels and numerous articles and nonfiction works. He …

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  • Native American Tobacco Use and Cultivation in Western North America

    Tobacco is native to the Americas, including in the Pacific Northwest, where it was harvested and often cultivated for thousands of years. Introduced to Europe …

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  • New Carissa trials

    A 639-foot freighter, the New Carissa, ran aground in inclement weather off the southern Oregon port of Coos Bay on February 4, 1999. It …

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  • Opal Whiteley (1897-1992)

    In March 1920, the Atlantic Monthly ran the first of six excerpts from the diary of Opal Whiteley, apparently written when she was six or …

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  • Oregon Caves National Monument

    Only a few places in the Beaver State are named in reference to California, and Oregon Caves is one of them. Its earlier moniker, the …

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  • Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program

    The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program was founded in 1958 to recognize the state's agricultural heritage and to honor farm and ranch families that …

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  • Oregon Literature Series

    “The Oregon Literature Series is a national model,” wrote John Frohnmayer, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. A project of the Oregon Council …

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  • Oregon, My Oregon (state song)

    Oregon’s state song, “Oregon, My Oregon,” was composed by Henry B. Murtagh with lyrics by John Andrew Buchanan. Published in December 1920, it is a …

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  • Oregon State Capitol building of 1876

    For years after achieving statehood in 1859, Oregon was deprived of a proper capitol due to controversy over fixing the seat of government in Salem …

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  • Oregon State Penitentiary

    The Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon's only maximum-security prison, sits on 194 acres of land in the heart of Salem, just north of Mill Creek on …

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405 results

  • Nard Jones (1904-1972)

    Nard Jones—novelist, historian, and journalist—wrote prolifically about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, publishing more than a dozen novels and numerous articles and nonfiction works. He …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Native American Tobacco Use and Cultivation in Western North America

    Tobacco is native to the Americas, including in the Pacific Northwest, where it was harvested and often cultivated for thousands of years. Introduced to Europe …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • New Carissa trials

    A 639-foot freighter, the New Carissa, ran aground in inclement weather off the southern Oregon port of Coos Bay on February 4, 1999. It …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Opal Whiteley (1897-1992)

    In March 1920, the Atlantic Monthly ran the first of six excerpts from the diary of Opal Whiteley, apparently written when she was six or …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon Caves National Monument

    Only a few places in the Beaver State are named in reference to California, and Oregon Caves is one of them. Its earlier moniker, the …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program

    The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program was founded in 1958 to recognize the state's agricultural heritage and to honor farm and ranch families that …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon Literature Series

    “The Oregon Literature Series is a national model,” wrote John Frohnmayer, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. A project of the Oregon Council …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon, My Oregon (state song)

    Oregon’s state song, “Oregon, My Oregon,” was composed by Henry B. Murtagh with lyrics by John Andrew Buchanan. Published in December 1920, it is a …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon State Capitol building of 1876

    For years after achieving statehood in 1859, Oregon was deprived of a proper capitol due to controversy over fixing the seat of government in Salem …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Oregon State Penitentiary

    The Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon's only maximum-security prison, sits on 194 acres of land in the heart of Salem, just north of Mill Creek on …

    Oregon Encyclopedia