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The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943
Oregon shipyards added hundreds, sometimes thousands, of new workers to their payrolls during World War II. Employers recruited women to fill positions typically held by …
The Applegates
The Applegates were one of Oregon’s most influential early pioneer families, a fact reflected in the landscape. They have a river, a valley, a mountain, …
The Arrival of Looking Glass
This excerpt from Army officer Lawrence Kip’s journal describes the dramatic arrival of Chief Looking Glass at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. Looking Glass had …
The Baltimore Colony
This hand-written document is an excerpt from the first draft of Binger Hermann’s (1843-1926) autobiography, titled “The Story of a Busy Life.” It describes pioneer …
The Bo's'n's Whistle
Click here to see a pdf version of this issue. The Bo’s’n’s Whistle was an in-house publication distributed to employees of the Oregon Shipbuilding …
The Cockstock Incident
In 1903, the Oregon Historical Quarterly reprinted this article, which appeared in the Reveille, a St. Louis, Missouri, newspaper, on October 21, 1844. The …
The Columbia River Trade Network
Alexander Ross, an American fur trader, provided this description of the Columbia River trade rendezvous in August 1811. He estimated that approximately 3,000 Indians had gathered in …
The Dalles Dam
This 1963 photograph of The Dalles Dam was published in the March 1968 edition of the Portland Chamber of Commerce’s monthly magazine, Greater Portland Commerce …
The Dalles Roadcut Site
In the early 1950s, archaeologist Luther S. Cressman and University of Oregon students excavated what they called the Roadcut Site near Celilo, before water from …
The Death of Peter French: Clashes of Cattlemen and Settlers
Written by Michael N. McGregor One spring day in 1881, when Malheur Lake was filled with mountain runoff, some of its water spilled into nearby …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.
