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Fort Bidwell
Fort Bidwell in Northeastern California (Surprise Valley), built in 1863 and seen here in 1877, was a secure site for white settlers traveling along the …
Fort Clatsop
This photo shows a replica of Fort Clatsop, the modest structure in which the Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1805-1806. Probably built of …
Fort Klamath
Colonel C. S. Drew, First Oregon Cavalry, was sent in 1862 to scout a location for an Army post to protect settlers in the new …
Fort Nez Perce
This drawing of fur trading at Fort Nez Perce (also known as Fort Walla Walla) was drawn by Joseph Drayton, one of several artists hired …
Foster Grade School, 1949
The new addition to the grade school in the Linn County town of Foster is shown in this 1949 photograph. Timber stands on the South …
Frankie Dougal and Ropemaking
This photograph, taken by Lynn Hadley on July 27, 1998, shows Frankie Dougal (left) and her daughter, Charlene Standford (right), twisting strands of horse hair …
Frederick Louis Gifford (1878-1945)
Fred L. Gifford was the leader (“Grand Dragon”) for the Oregon Ku Klux Klan between 1921 and 1924, when the “invisible empire” was influential in …
Freight List for the Steamer Express
The steamer Express operated on the Willamette River from the mid-1850s to the early 1860s at a time when several companies competed for river business. …
Fremont National Forest, 1911
This 1911 U.S. Forest Service map shows the Fremont National Forest, located in southern Lake County and eastern Klamath County. In 1898 B.F. Allen, a …
French Round Barn
This photograph shows an unusual structure known today as the French Round Barn, located in Harney County between Malheur Lake and the town of Diamond. …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.
