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Pamphlet, The Golden Horn of Plenty
As immigrants populated the Willamette Valley in the 1840s and 1850s, newcomers to Oregon Territory looked east of the Cascade Mountains for inexpensive land for …
Park Blocks, 1878
The Park Blocks were set aside by early landowner Daniel Lownsdale in an 1849 survey. The narrow strip of blocks running north and south were …
Pelicans & Cormorants on Pelican Island
In the early decades of the twentieth century, conservationists, waterfowl hunters, and the federal government recognized that land-use changes, unlimited hunting, and environmental disasters had …
Pelton Dam Fish Ladder
This Oregon Journal photograph shows the three-mile-long fish ladder that parallels the east bank of the Deschutes River. The ladder was designed to facilitate anadromous …
Pencils, Millions of Them
Oregon is home to the most popular species of tree used in the manufacture of pencils, incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens). Pencils made from this …
Pendleton Field
This aerial photograph shows Pendleton Field, also known as Pendleton Army Air Base, in August 1941. It was taken by Pendleton photographer Bus Howdyshell. The …
Peter Britt, Frontier Photographer
Peter Britt is one of the Pacific Northwest's most celebrated photographers. This self-portrait, probably taken in the 1860s, shows the stately Britt standing next to …
Peter Kerr House, Portland, 1959
Architect John Storrs designed this garden-focused house in the Northwest Regional style for Peter and Laurie King Kerr. It was completed in 1959 on a …
Picking Cranberries at Sandlake
This photograph shows workers, primarily women and children, harvesting cranberries near Sandlake in Tillamook County. It was taken around 1912. Massachusetts-native Charles D. McFarlin is …
Pilot Butte Inn, Bend
Pilot Butte Inn, a rustic sportsman’s lodge in the center of the sawmill town of Bend, is depicted in this photograph, taken about 1930. 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.
