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Proclamation Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1922

Proclamation Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1922

Oregon Governor Benjamin W. Olcott issued this 1922 executive proclamation in response to three assaults in southern Oregon perpetrated by members of the Medford klavern …

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Proclamation from Governor George Abernethy

Proclamation from Governor George Abernethy

Oregon Provisional Governor George Abernethy issued this proclamation for the raising of a voluntary militia following an authorization from the Oregon Provisional Legislature. The legislature’s intent …

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Program for Portland Day at the Fair

Program for Portland Day at the Fair

This Sept. 30, 1905, program is from “Portland Day” at the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair. Shown here are …

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Program for the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra

Program for the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra

This program for the children’s Harney County Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra is most likely from one of two concerts the young musicians performed in September, 1916 …

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Promotional Brochure, Hermiston

Promotional Brochure, Hermiston

Between 1906 and 1908, the federal government built the first part of the Umatilla Irrigation Project, a large-scale development to divert water from the Umatilla …

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Promotional Pamphlet for Oregon Orchards

Promotional Pamphlet for Oregon Orchards

In the 1920s, the Medford and Ashland commercial clubs produced this pamphlet to attract more people to Jackson County. The pamphlet extolled the climate and …

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Proposed Pelton Dam Site, 1949

Proposed Pelton Dam Site, 1949

This photograph of the proposed site for the Pelton Dam accompanied a January 20, 1949, article in the Oregon Journal. The proposed dam site …

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Proposed Site for Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo

Proposed Site for Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo

This 1902 survey map of what is now Portland’s northwest industrial district shows how the Guild’s Lake area looked before it was used for the …

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Protect the Salmon - Vote 332 (X) Yes

Protect the Salmon - Vote 332 (X) Yes

This card was distributed by the Fish Conservation Committee, a political group organized to promote a 1908 initiative that sought to ban fishwheels and other …

Oregon History Project
Protestant Ladder

Protestant Ladder

Henry and Eliza Spalding, Presbyterian missionaries stationed at Lapwai on the Clearwater River in present-day western Idaho, produced this Protestant Ladder in 1845. The ladder …

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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.