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News Article, State May Limit Woman's Work
This Oregonian article announced the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in the Muller v. Oregon case. It described the Court’s decision to uphold an Oregon …
News Article, The Chinese Murderers
This newspaper article was originally published in the Wallowa Signal and later reprinted in the Union Oregon Scout on April 20, 1888. It describes one …
News Article, The Cincinnatus of Oregon
This newspaper article was published in the Weekly Oregonian on July 15, 1898. It offers a detailed account of the life and personality of Theodore …
News Article, The Treaty for Sale of Lands
The Table Rock Treaty was negotiated between the United States and several groups of Rogue River Indians in September 1853. Gold had been discovered just …
News Article, The Up-River Murder
This article, published in the Daily Morning Astorian on May 24, 1896, describes an incident that occurred during the 1896 fishermen’s strike on the lower …
News Article, Timber Valuation Rises
This article from the June 18, 1913, Oregonian refers to timber companies and speculators “cruising” forests to assess their value for possible purchase. Timber speculators …
News Editorial, A Disgusting Spectacle
This 1909 Oregonian editorial expresses a contemptuous and biting reaction to the much-publicized marriage plans of Gungiro Aoki, Japanese, and Helen Gladys Emery, white. Having …
News Editorial, A Prosperous Future
This 1877 West Shore editorial, reprinted from Portland Oregonian, predicts that more immigration into eastern Oregon will result in more agricultural development and an …
News Editorial, Indian Treaties
The end of the treaty system in 1871 marked an important shift in the United States’ policy towards Indians. Since its founding the U.S. had negotiated …
News Editorial, Nets vs. Development
The 1935 Curry County Reporter editorial reproduced here marks the final chapter in the conflict between commercial and recreational salmon fishing interests on the Rogue …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.
