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Conflict with the Piegans
This excerpt from the journal of Meriwether Lewis describes a fatal conflict between members of the Corps of Discovery and a group of Piegans on …
Congressman Martin to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt
Although Oregon Governor Charles Henry Martin (1935-1939) is best known for his role as a staunch anti-labor and anti-unionist, he also played a fundamental role …
Construction of Cascade Canal and Locks, 1895
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the Cascade Canal and Locks in 1878, a time when wheat exports from the upper Columbia River …
Contract between Seid Chuck & Seufert Bros.
This document is a contract between the Seufert Brothers Company, which ran a salmon and fruit cannery in The Dalles, and Seid Chuck, a Chinese …
Coos Bay Lumber Company Steam Donkeys
The steam donkey, invented in 1880, greatly increased the efficiency of logging operations in Oregon’s forests. It replaced animal labor, which could not work as …
Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company
This photograph of the construction of the S.S. Burnwood in Marshfield (later renamed Coos Bay) is from a scrapbook that belonged to James Polhemus, the …
Costume of a Callapuya Indian
This engraving from a sketch by artist Alfred T. Agate depicts a Kalapuyan man dressed in pre-contact fashion, carrying a bow and what appears to …
Cottage from Palliser's American Architecture
This design for a “modern cottage” was published in 1878 and again in 1887 by architects George and Charles Palliser of New York City. The …
Couch & Co. and Allen, DeWitt & Co., Portland
This 1850 photograph depicts two Portland wholesale firms, Couch & Company and Allen, DeWitt & Company, located on Front Street north of Ankeny. The original …
Cowboy Poetry
These five poems were written by Ruby Kirk between 1977 and 1998. The experiences written about range from her early school years, high cholesterol, coyotes, …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.
