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Return of the C'wam
For thousands of years, the Lost River suckers and shortnose suckers have been important to the Klamath Indian culture and, more so than salmon, essential …
Rev. Jason Lee's Diary
This is the diary of Rev. Jason Lee (1803-1845), one of the first Methodist missionaries to travel on the Oregon Trail and settle in Oregon Country. …
Richland Villager Headline, It's Atomic Bombs
On August 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman made a radio announcement informing listeners that the United States had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, …
Rigging Slinger's Revenge
Rigging Slinger's Revenge, a parody of Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, 'The Raven,' was written by Lon Minkler in the 1970s and recorded in 1986 …
Rill-Type Irrigation, Parks Ranch
This 1928 photograph shows two men standing in an irrigated alfalfa field at Parks Ranch in the Fort Rock Valley, located in central Oregon’s high …
Rival Townsites in Portland Region, 1825-1850
Portland’s primacy as the region’s leading port was not assured in the town’s early days. The Hudson’s Bay Company was well established at Fort Vancouver …
River Indians and Reservation Indians
This excerpt from an 1874 report by N.A. Cornoyer, agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation, describes the development of a new geography of Native identity …
Robbins & Purington Store, Drewsey
The photograph above pictures the general merchandise store of Robbins & Purington in the ranching town of Drewsey, Harney County, as it looked about 1890. …
Robert Belloni's Oral History
Robert Belloni was interviewed by James Strassmaier of the Oregon Historical Society as part of the U.S. District Court of Oregon Series. In this transcribed …
Robert Gray's Sea Chest
This chest is believed to have accompanied Captain Robert Gray on the second voyage of the Columbia Rediviva to the Northwest Coast, during which Gray …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.
