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Rigging Slinger's Revenge
"Rigging Slinger's Revenge," a parody of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem, “The Raven,” was written by Lon Minkler in the 1970s and recorded in 1986 …
Rill-Type Irrigation, Parks Ranch
This 1928 photograph shows two men standing in an irrigated alfalfa field at Parks Ranch in the Fort Rock Valley, located in central Oregon’s high …
Rival Townsites in Portland Region, 1825-1850
Portland’s primacy as the region’s leading port was not assured in the town’s early days. The Hudson’s Bay Company was well established at Fort Vancouver …
River Indians and Reservation Indians
This excerpt from an 1874 report by N.A. Cornoyer, agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation, describes the development of a new geography of Native identity …
Robbins & Purington Store, Drewsey
The photograph above pictures the general merchandise store of Robbins & Purington in the ranching town of Drewsey, Harney County, as it looked about 1890. …
Robert Belloni's Oral History
Robert Belloni was interviewed by James Strassmaier of the Oregon Historical Society as part of the U.S. District Court of Oregon Series. In this transcribed …
Robert Gray's Sea Chest
This chest is believed to have accompanied Captain Robert Gray on the second voyage of the Columbia Rediviva to the Northwest Coast, during which Gray …
Rogue River Bridge, Gold Beach
The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge across the Rogue River on Highway 101 at Gold Beach is depicted above at the time of its completion in …
Roseburg Blast Crater, 1959
This photograph of the crater created by the “Roseburg blast” was taken in the days following the accidental detonation of 6.5 tons (13,000 lbs.) of …
Round Butte Dam, 1965
This photograph of the Round Butte Dam was originally published on June 11, 1965, as an illustration for an Oregon Journal article, “$62 Million Round …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.
