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Catholic Ladder
This restored Catholic Ladder, measuring six and one-half inches wide by fifty-eight inches long, is the oldest known ladder in existence. It was created by …
CCC Fights Fire in Willamette National Forest
This photograph shows men digging a trench near a fire in the Willamette National Forest in about 1934. The men worked for the Civilian Conservation …
Celilo Converter Station
Located along the Columbia River, near The Dalles Dam, the Celilo Converter Station is the northern terminus of an 800 kilovolt d-c (direct current) extra-high-voltage …
Celilo Whirlpool
This photograph was taken by Benjamin Gifford around 1900. It shows Indian dipnetters at Celilo Falls fishing for salmon near a fishwheel. The Dalles-Celilo area …
Census of Indians in Eastern Oregon, 1865
This 1865 document is an excerpt from the annual report of Oregon’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs, J.W. Perit Huntington. It includes a partial census of …
Central Library
The Library Association of Portland became a public organization in 1902. The Association reached an agreement with Multnomah County to extend service to all county …
Central Oregon Range Wars
Following the forced re-settlement of the region’s Indian groups onto reservations after the Civil War, the grasslands of Eastern and Central Oregon became available for …
Central Oregon Sheepherders
This photograph depicts a group of sheepherders in Central Oregon during the latter decades of the nineteenth century. In the years following the Civil War, …
Central School
Civic leaders demonstrated their commitment to an educated populace by opening Central School, shown here in 1858, and located originally at Southwest Sixth and Morrison. …
Central Vista, Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo
The 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition was the West Coast’s first worlds fair. This central vista shows the Foreign Exhibits Building on the left, and the …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
