Refine your search.
Search both the Oregon Encyclopedia and our partner site, the Oregon History Project.
2059 results
-
Columbia River Quarantine Station
The Columbia River Quarantine Station was opened in 1899 by the U.S Marine Hospital Service, which became the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. The …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Columbia River Treaty (1964)
The high-voltage power lines that march across central Oregon, linking Columbia River dams to Los Angeles, California, are “proof of the power of cooperation and …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Columbia Slough Orca (1931)
In the early morning hours of October 12, 1931, a large creature was spotted in the Columbia Slough, a narrow channel of water about nineteen …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Columbia Villa (New Columbia)
Situated in North Portland on the peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Columbia Villa was built in 1942-1943 to house defense workers. Its original …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Columbus Day Storm (1962)
On the morning of Friday, October 12, 1962—Columbus Day—a massive storm hit the coast of northern California. The storm had originated several days earlier in …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Colwood Golf Course
Colwood National Golf Course in Northeast Portland, originally named Meadowbrook Golf Course, was established as an eighteen-hole private course in 1930. The growth of …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Community of Airlie
The unincorporated Polk County community of Airlie began as the terminus of a railroad that planned to connect the rich farms of the southern Willamette …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Community of Bates
Bates was an unincorporated Oregon Lumber Company mill town in Grant County, one mile north of Austin Junction on U.S. Highway 26. In 1906, the …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Community of Blue River
Blue River is located forty miles east of Springfield along the McKenzie Highway, near the confluence of the Blue and McKenzie Rivers. The community was …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Community of Dee
Dee refers to a lumber-mill town located on the Middle Fork of the Hood River, occupied from 1906 to 1959, and to the adjacent orchard …
Oregon Encyclopedia
