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Pounding Fish, Wishham, 1910

Pounding Fish, Wishham, 1910

This photograph shows a Wishxam (also spelled Wishham or Wishram) woman making pounded salmon near Celilo Falls. It was taken by Edward Curtis in 1910. …

Oregon History Project
Principal Watercourses West of the Rockies

Principal Watercourses West of the Rockies

The document reproduced here is Captain William Clark’s copy of a map sketched by two Nez Perce Indians in May 1806. It shows the principal …

Oregon History Project
Probate Court: David Leslie assigned executor of Ewing Young's estate

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. …

Oregon History Project
Proceedings of the Wasco Council, 1855

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, …

Oregon History Project
Proclamation Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1922

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, …

Oregon History Project
Proclamation from Governor George Abernethy

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 …

Oregon History Project
Program for Portland Day at the Fair

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 …

Oregon History Project
Program for the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra

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 …

Oregon History Project
Promotional Brochure, Hermiston

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 …

Oregon History Project
Promotional Pamphlet for Oregon Orchards

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 …

Oregon History Project

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.