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Probate Court: David Leslie assigned executor of Ewing Young's estate
This scrap of paper—handwritten, covered in centuries-old smudged fingerprints—is a remnant of the first significant attempt to create a functioning non-Native government in Oregon Country. …
Proceedings of the Wasco Council, 1855
This version of the proceedings of the treaty-making Wasco Council is a reprinted typed transcript of the original report sent to George Maypenny, United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, …
Proclamation Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1922
Oregon Governor Benjamin W. Olcott issued this 1922 executive proclamation in response to three assaults in southern Oregon perpetrated by members of the Medford klavern, …
Proclamation from Governor George Abernethy
Oregon Provisional Governor George Abernethy issued this proclamation for the raising of a voluntary militia following an authorization from the Oregon Provisional Legislature. The legislature’s intent …
Program for Portland Day at the Fair
This Sept. 30, 1905, program is from “Portland Day” at the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair. Shown here are …
Program for the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra
This program for the children’s Harney County Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra is most likely from one of two concerts the young musicians performed in September, 1916 …
Promotional Brochure, Hermiston
Between 1906 and 1908, the federal government built the first part of the Umatilla Irrigation Project, a large-scale development to divert water from the Umatilla …
Promotional Pamphlet for Oregon Orchards
In the 1920s, the Medford and Ashland commercial clubs produced this pamphlet to attract more people to Jackson County. The pamphlet extolled the climate and …
Proposed Pelton Dam Site, 1949
This photograph of the proposed site for the Pelton Dam accompanied a January 20, 1949, article in the Oregon Journal. The proposed dam site …
Proposed Site for Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition
This 1902 survey map, of what is now the City of Portland’s northwest industrial district, shows how the Guild’s Lake area looked before it was …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.
