US States/Oregon/History

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The History of Oregon

Timeline
Indigenous cultures and people
Early exploration
Discovery of the Columbia
Jacob Astor and Astoria
Early pioneers and settlers
The Astoria Military Road
Willamette Falls and the Dalles
John McLoughlin and Fort Vancouver
Joseph Gale and the trip to California
Land surveys, Wagon roads, and first towns
The Land Donation Acts
Formation of the provisional government
Joseph Meek, the first Sherriff
Forest Grove and Stumptown
Out with the furs and in with the firs
Salmon, Wapiti, and Wapato
Marcus Whitman
Joseph Lane and statehood
The Oregon Trail and California Gold Rush
Poor relations with the natives
Oregon Land Frauds
Railroads and Timber
The time of Electric Trolleys
The First World War
The Great Depression
The Tillamook Burn
Log Trucks, Buses, and Chainsaws
The Pacific and Wolf Creek Highways
City of Bridges

Books about the History of Oregon

Historical Maps of Oregon

Oregon on Old Maps Online - https://www.oldmapsonline.org

Timelines

Learning Resources

The Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon Historical Society

Oregon History Wayfinder

Oregon Historical Quarterly

Museums and Archives

Oregon Historical Society Museum

OHS Digital Collections

Historical Sites, Towns, and Building of Oregon

Wikipedia category: Histories of cities in Oregon

Oregon Historians

Harvey Kimball Hines (1828–1902) was a Methodist minister and an early historian of the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1878 he ran for Congress, and drew criticism for neglecting his religious vows in so doing. He was known, along with Frances Fuller Victor, as a historian who delved through early original documents.

Frances Auretta Fuller (Barritt) Victor (pen names: Florence Fane, Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 – November 14, 1902) was an American historian and historical novelist. She has been described as "the first Oregon historian to gain regional and national attention." She was known for her books about the West and especially Oregon history.

Horace Sumner Lyman (December 18, 1855 – December 22, 1904) was a prominent journalist, historian, and educator in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Joseph Schafer (1867-1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of Oregon. He studied with Frederick Jackson Turner, and chaired the history department at the University of Oregon from 1900 to 1920. He authored A History of the Pacific Northwest in 1905 and revised it in 1918; the book was considered the standard history of the region into the 1950s.

US States/Oregon/History

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