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The Wild and Scenic Rogue River

The Wild and Scenic Rogue River

American attitudes toward wilderness underwent an important change over the course of the twentieth century. In the 1930s and 1940s, Aldo Leopold, Robert Marshall, and …

Oregon History Project
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale

The wreck of the Peter Iredale is shown in this photograph, taken by Portland photographer Leo Simon on November 13, 1906, nineteen days after the …

Oregon History Project
Third Biennial Report of the IWC

Third Biennial Report of the IWC

In this excerpt from a biennial report the Oregon Industrial Welfare Commissioners commented on the experiences of Oregon’s female laborers during World War I. Throughout the …

Oregon History Project
Third Grade Class, Blachly School

Third Grade Class, Blachly School

This 1952 photograph shows the members of a third-grade class at the Blachly School in western Lane County. While Oregon legislators began financially supporting some …

Oregon History Project
Threshing near Klamath Falls

Threshing near Klamath Falls

This postcard shows farmers using a steam-powered thresher near Klamath Falls, which was originally called Linkville. In 1909, the Southern Pacific Railroad reached Klamath Falls, …

Oregon History Project
Tillamook Cheddar Cheese

Tillamook Cheddar Cheese

This undated photograph shows various sizes of Tillamook cheddar cheese on display. It was taken by Portland photographer Wesley Andrews, perhaps in the 1940s. Henry …

Oregon History Project
Tillamook Guerrillas, 1942

Tillamook Guerrillas, 1942

This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in March 1942. It shows members of the Tillamook Guerrillas taking aim from behind a berm. …

Oregon History Project
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Photographer I.G. Davidson produced this image of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse in about 1885. The photograph depicts the 62-foot lighthouse tower atop Tillamook Rock, a …

Oregon History Project
Timbermen Using Chainsaw, Lacomb

Timbermen Using Chainsaw, Lacomb

This photograph of two men using a gas-powered chainsaw was published in the April 1944 issue of The Timberman, a Portland-based lumber industry magazine …

Oregon History Project
Title Page, Chinook Dictionary, 1871

Title Page, Chinook Dictionary, 1871

The 1871 edition of Father Modeste Demers’s Chinook Dictionary, Catechism, Prayers, and Hymns was edited and amended by Rev. F.N. Blanchet and Rev. L.N. St. …

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.