The Oregon Encyclopedia

Historians, scholars, and experts have been sharing their research in entries for The Oregon Encyclopedia for over a decade. They have created a compendium of Oregon History free and open to all, and it grows each week, entry by entry. Check here to read the latest pages on The OE.

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Buncom

Buncom (also Bunkum, Buncombe or Buncomville) is situated at the conflu…
Carol Menken-Schaudt (1957–)

Carol Menken came to Oregon State University to study broadcasting, gra…
Charles Cutter, aka Chief Eagle Horse (1878–1938)

Charles Cutter, whose Tlingit name was Dockh-hoh-kharckh, was an actor …
Christmas Valley (community)

The unincorporated town of Christmas Valley (population approximately 1…
Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907)

Cleveland Rockwell was a topographical engineer, cartographer, and arti…
Jim Hibbard (1936–2022)

Jim Hibbard was a principal founder of Blackfish Gallery, the first coo…
LaFayette Grover (1823-1911)

LaFayette Grover was politically one of the most successful Democrats i…
Oregon State Fair

The call for an Oregon State Fair intensified in 1859 after California …
Santiago Ventura Morales Exoneration Case

In 1986, Mixtec farmworker Santiago Ventura Morales was wrongfully conv…
Skidmore Fountain

The Skidmore Fountain, dedicated on September 22, 1888, is the oldest p…
Sterlingville

Sterlingville was a mining boomtown at the headwaters of Sterling Creek…
Tejanos in Oregon

Tejanos (Tay-HAH-nohs)—Mexican Americans from south Texas—began moving …
William "Bill" Bradbury (1949-2023)

William “Bill” Chapman Bradbury III served in Oregon politics and publi…