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News Article, As if by Magic
This 1900 Oregonian article refers to the rapid population growth in Baker City after a large timber company established operations in the area. In 1889, …
News Article, A Word With the Visitors
The 1900s and early 1910s were exciting boom years for Medford. The article reproduced here, originally published on the front page of the Medford Mail …
News Article, Copperfield Under Martial Law
This article, headlined “Copperfield Under Martial Law; Saloons Shut,” was published in the Baker Herald on January 2, 1914. It describes the declaration of martial …
News Article, Crook County's Reign of Terror
This newspaper article was published in the Portland Evening Telegram on November 21, 1902. Titled “Crook County’s Reign of Terror,” the bulk of the piece …
News Article, Empire and Freedom
The years 1898 and 1899 were turning points in the history of the United States. During those two years, the U.S. exploded outward in a …
News Article, Forest Reserve Created at Last
This article was published in the Oregonian on March 18, 1906. It discusses the establishment of the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve. In 1901 residents of …
News Article, Holt Continues with Babylift, 1962
On February 20, 1962, the Oregon Journal ran this article by staff writer Charles B. Steers. It presents the views of Harry Holt, evangelist and …
News Article, Klamath Indians Draw Spotlight
This newspaper article describes some of the early debates over the termination of southern Oregon’s Klamath Tribes. The complex politicking reported in this piece went …
News Article, Lake County
This 1909 article in the Lakeview Examiner reported that 1,694,354 acres of the surveyed land in Lake County was still “unappropriated.” The article was part of …
News Article, Large Sale is Reported
This 1906 Coos Bay Times article reports the sale of the Southern Oregon Company holdings to Minneapolis timber baron and Swedish immigrant Charles A. Smith. …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.
