The Oregon Encyclopedia

Historians, scholars, and experts have been sharing their research in entries for The Oregon Encyclopedia for over a decade. They have created a compendium of Oregon History free and open to all, and it grows each week, entry by entry. Check here to read the latest pages on The OE.

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Daiichi Takeoka (1882–1954)

Seventeen-year-old Daiichi Takeoka arrived in Portland in 1900 with a l…
DeAutremont Brothers Train Hold-up at Tunnel 13

The most famous train holdup in Oregon was a ham-fisted disaster. On Oc…
Fort Rock (town)

The town of Fort Rock is an unincorporated community in northern Lake C…
Gerald Wendel “Gerry” Frank (1923–2022)

In 2000, Governor John Kitzhaber named Gerry W. Frank Oregon’s Premier …
Native American Tobacco Use and Cultivation in Western North America

Tobacco is native to the Americas, including in the Pacific Northwest, …
Reinhard G. Pauly (1920–2019)

Reinhard Pauly was a scholar, writer, and performer and a longtime prof…
Warner Valley

Warner Valley, in southeastern Oregon, is a place of expansive and unsp…
Yachats

Yachats (pronounced YAH-hots) is a small resort town on the northern fl…