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L'Amerique Septentrionale
The full title for this French map is L’Amérique Septentrionale Divisée en ses Principaux Etats and translates as “North America divided into its principal states.” …
Land Claims in T.11S R.7E
This map appeared in Stephen A.D. Puter’s 1908 book, Looters of the Public Domain, written while the author was in jail for land fraud. …
Land Fraud Trial of Senator John Mitchell
This sketch by Harry Murphy was published in the Oregonian on June 29, 1905. It shows United States District Attorney Francis J. Heney making an …
Land Use in the 1995 Oregon Legislature
This pamphlet was written and published by Robert Liberty of 1000 Friends of Oregon. As the title indicates, the pamphlet tells the "story of land …
Last Meeting at White Point
This photo, probably taken in December 1887, purportedly shows the last stagecoaches to make the run between Ashland, Oregon, and Yreka, California. This route was …
Latina Baker with Chicharrones de Puerco
Professional photographer Paulina Hermosillo took this ca. 2000 photograph of a woman working at the Panaderia San Gabriel, a bakery in Independence, Polk County. …
Launch of the North West America
British maritime fur trader John Meares included this engraving in his narrative entitled, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the …
Laura Stockton Starcher
This is a photograph of Laura Stockton Starcher, who was elected mayor of the town of Umatilla, Oregon, on December 5, 1916. She defeated the …
Lava Cast Forest
This touched-up photograph of two teenagers posing inside a lava mold, in what came to be called the Lava Cast Forest, was taken by Joe …
Leaflet, Tennessee Justice
This leaflet was produced by members of the Civilian Public Service Camp #56 at Waldport. It is an advertisement for a play that members of …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.
