The Siskiyou Forest Reserve was created on March 2, 1907; within two days, it was renamed the Siskiyou National Forest. The boundaries of the forest …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Southwestern Oregon Community College (formerly SWOCC, now SOCC) in Coos Bay is the oldest community college in Oregon. It was formed in a tax district …

Oregon Encyclopedia

In all of American history, only two states have been formed from older states that were already admitted to the Union:  Maine (from Massachusetts, …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Tecumtum, whose name means Elk Killer, was the principal chief of the Etch-ka-taw-wah band of Athabaskan Indians during the Rogue River War in the mid-1850s. …

Oregon Encyclopedia

The Oregon Coast is a sliver of land between the mountains and the sea, almost three hundred miles long and an average of about fifty …

Oregon History Project

With a stable state and federal government and a growing population, Oregon boasted more and grander public buildings. The iconic state capitol in Salem designed …

Oregon History Project

The arrival of Euro-Americans in southwest Oregon shattered Native societies. After brief but brutal warfare broke out between Natives and settlers in the Rogue River …

Oregon History Project

Oregon's most famous sailing ship was the Western Shore, the only clipper ever built in the state. Captain Asa Meade Simpson and his brother, Captain …

Oregon Encyclopedia

William Green T’Vault had a wide-ranging career in early Oregon. A truculent and controversial political figure during the territorial and Civil War periods, T'Vault (pronounced …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Only a few places in the Beaver State are named in reference to California, and Oregon Caves is one of them. Its earlier moniker, the …

Oregon Encyclopedia