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The Department of the Columbia, 1892
This map detail of southeastern Oregon comes from an 1892 map of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho titled “Map of the Department of the Columbia.” The …
The Famous Rogue River Valley
Landscape artist Gibson Catlett created this bird’s-eye view map of Grants Pass in 1911 for a railroad development company that was also selling land in …
The Gateway of an Empire
This 1924 booklet promoted Portland as the natural “gateway” for ship trade between the Pacific Northwest “empire” and markets on the East Coast and in foreign countries. The inside …
The Great Flood of 1861
In this excerpt from an undated handwritten reminiscence, George Anson Pease, a steamboat captain based out of Oregon City, relates his experiences during the 1861 …![The Igorrote [sic] Tribe from the Philippines](http://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/media/uploads/thumbnails_medium/Igorrote-Tribe-Lewis-Clark-Journal-1905-FSDM2.jpg)
The Igorrote [sic] Tribe from the Philippines
This article was published in the Lewis and Clark Journal in October 1905. It discusses the exhibition of Igorot people at the Lewis and Clark …
The Land of Flowers and Sunshine and Showers
In the first decade of the twentieth century, Coos County politicians and merchants worked to attract people and capital investments to establish banks, railroads, and manufacturing …
The Lumber Strike Wanes
This editorial appeared in the Coos Bay Times on May 29, 1935. It describes the 1935 lumber strike, one of the largest labor strikes in …
The More Women at Work
This poster was issued by the Office of War Information after the United States’ entry into World War II had drained much of the available …
The Oregon Camera Club
The Oregon Camera Club, organized in 1895 (versions of which exist today), was a popular amateur photography society that met monthly in Portland. Its formation …
The Oregonian Building, 1912
This busy corner at Southwest Sixth and Alder shows the mixed modes of transportation common in 1912 when the photo was taken. Bicycles remained popular …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.
