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Pioneer Courthouse, 1875
When the courthouse at SW Fifth and Yamhill streets was built in 1875, it was considered by some residents to be too far away from …
Plano del Estrecho de Juan de Fuca
This 1792 map shows the extent to which the Pacific Northwest coast had been mapped by Spanish and British explorers since James Cook’s first foray into …
Plateau Culture Digging Stick
This digging stick originated most likely from the Columbia Plateau. The color is the result of fire-hardening, a technique often used to strengthen wood. Digging …
Police and Pickets Clash, Stimson Mill, 1935
This photograph—published in the Oregon Journal on June 14, 1935—shows a state policeman clubbing a picketer several miles south of Forest Grove. The unidentified picketer …
Ponderosa Pine, Prineville, 1931
Forest fires are an important component of the ecosystem. The Native population used fire as a tool to enhance the production of food, opening the dense …
Port of Astoria - Astoria-Warrenton District
In 1919, the Port of Astoria began to improve its commercial maritime shipping capacity. Contractors built new piers, a flourmill, a grain elevator, and expanded …
Port Orford Cedar
Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) is a coniferous tree native to southern Oregon and northern California. This 1922 photo shows several mature cedars …
Port Orford Quadrangle
This map was part of the twenty-first annual report of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), published in 1900. It shows land classification and timber density …
Portage Railroad near Cape Horn
In 1863, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company (OSNC) built a fourteen-mile-long portage railroad eastward from The Dalles around Celilo Falls, a series of several long …
Portland-Seattle Turnverein Special Train
The Portland Turnverein was the local chapter of the German American athletic (gymnastic) association. Turnverein, coined after the German word turnen, or physical …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.
