Refine your search.

Search both the Oregon Encyclopedia and our partner site, the Oregon History Project.

2059 results
  • Waldo House

    The Daniel and Melinda Waldo House, constructed in 1854 in the Waldo Hills, east of Salem near present-day Macleay, was the home of the …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Waldo Lake

    Located astride the backbone of the Cascade Mountains in the Willamette National Forest, Waldo Lake is a child of the sky, nourished wholly by …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walla Walla Basin

    Long before the wheat and cattle ranches, the orchards and onion farms, before the vineyards and restaurants and shopping malls, when this place was occupied …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walla Walla Treaty Council 1855

    The treaty council held at Waiilatpu (Place of the Rye Grass) in the Walla Walla Valley in May and June of 1855 forever changed the …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walla Walla Valley Railway

    In 1907, the Walla Walla Valley Railway built a fourteen-mile electric railway from its terminal on 6th Street in downtown Walla Walla, Washington, to Milton-Freewater …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Wallace House (trading post)

    Wallace House, built in 1812 north of the Kalapuya village of Chemeketa, was the first known building of European-American design in the Willamette Valley. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walt Morey (1907-1992)

    Walt Morey (1907-1992) was one of four iconic writers who dominated childrens literature in Oregon during the last decades of the twentieth century. The other …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walter C. Reynolds (1920–2020)

    Walter Cornelius Reynolds was the first African American graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School (now Oregon Health & Science University) and one of …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walter Cole (Darcelle) (1930-2023)

    When Walter Cole was discharged from the military in the late 1950s, he had little idea that his alter ego, the female impersonator Darcelle, would …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Walter Lobitz, Jr. (1911-2006)

    Walter Lobitz Jr. was one of the most influential dermatologists in Oregon during the twentieth century. He was named head of the Department of Dermatology …

    Oregon Encyclopedia