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R.W. Tower Sawmill
These workers take a short break at the R.W. Tower sawmill to pose for this photo, circa 1912. The Tower Mill, located three miles south …
Settlers to Siletz Reservation Agent Fairchild
This letter is indicative of the hostility that some early settlers had for Native people. A band of Athapaskan Indians, known as the Kwatami, lived …![Sketch of the Wallamette [sic] Valley, 1851](http://oregonhist-ohp-dev.azurewebsites.net/media/uploads/thumbnails_medium/Sketch-Map-Willamette-Valley-1851-FSDM2.jpg)
Sketch of the Wallamette [sic] Valley, 1851
Oregon became a United States territory in 1848, and the rapid growth of Euro American settlement in the Willamette Valley increased tension between the immigrants …
A New Status for the American Indian
On March 23, 1957, the Oregon Historical Society held its Third Annual Historical Forum, a discussion of events that had influenced Oregon’s political, social, cultural, …
BPA Office Takeover, 1975
On the morning of August 15, 1975, about 100 Indian protesters took over the Portland offices of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency …
Cannon Beach Cannon
This photograph, taken by Arthur M. Prentiss, depicts the cannon that gave Cannon Beach its name. The cannon’s history includes a period as a U.S. …
Capt. Bonneville to Secretary of War Lewis Cass
In September 1835, Captain Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville wrote this letter to Secretary of War, Lewis Cass, in an attempt to be re-instated to …
Chief Joseph the Younger (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt) (1840-1904)
Chief Joseph was the leader of one band of the Nez Perce people (Nimi’ipuu). The Nez Perce resided in the plateaus, mountains and gorges of …
Chief Tommy Kuni Thompson
Chief Tommy Kuni Thompson (Wyam) was the chief of Celilo Village from the late nineteenth century until the 1950s. Over the course of his long …
Chinese Americans Picket Scrap Metal to Japan
This photograph of Chinese Americans picketing at the Port of Astoria appeared in the Oregon Journal on March 3, 1939. The picket was organized to …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.
