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Warm Springs Reservation Mill
In 1938, four years after the congressional passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, the Warm Springs tribes became officially incorporated as the Confederated Tribes of …
Wasco Full-Turn Twining
This photograph was taken by Nancy J. Nusz on February 8, 1991 to document Mary D. Schlick training apprentices (left to right) Pat Gold, Bernyce …
Wasco-Style Sally Bags
This Wasco Sally Bag, named “Sturgeon Greet the Babies,” was made by Pat Courtney Gold, a member of the Wasco Nation of the Confederated Tribes …
Wasco (Warm Springs) Reservation Map, 1855
From 1854 to 1855, Joel Palmer, the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, negotiated nine treaties between Pacific Northwest Indians and the U.S. …
Wayne L. Morse (1900- 1974)
This photograph of Wayne Morse, seated, was taken during the 1972 senatorial campaign. Nicknamed the “Conscience of the Senate,” Wayne Lyman Morse served 24 years …
We're Going to Wyoming & Idaho
This image shows the front page of the August, 1942 edition of the Evacuazette, a special edition of the newspaper that was published to …
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
At the time of this photo in 1941, Weyerhaeuser Klamath Falls employed approximately 1,200 men and produced 200 million feet of wood products each year. …
Whale Butchering at Coos Bay
The sketch shown here was published in the June 1856 issue of Harper’s Monthly. It depicts a group of Coos Indians butchering a whale …
Wheat Harvesting, Sherman County
This photograph shows workers gathered around a steam engine during the wheat harvest in Sherman County. The photographer is unknown, as is the date of …
White Stag Catalog Cover
This White Stag catalog cover from approximately 1939 features artwork of a skilled skier with the company's trademark, a leaping stag, in the background. In …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.
