The Oregon Encyclopedia

Basque boardinghouses in Oregon

Basque boardinghouses in Oregon

Oregon’s earliest Basque settlers arrived in the late 1880s from northern California, Nevada, and southwestern Idaho. Many Basques who moved from California did so after the imposition of California's "fence laws" in …

Grass seed industry

Grass seed industry

The Willamette Valley, with its temperate climate, wet winters, and arid summers, is an ideal place to grow grass seed. As a result, Oregon produces more cool-season forage and turf grass than …

Valley Migrant League

Valley Migrant League

From 1965 until 1974, the Valley Migrant League (VML) helped Oregon migrant farm workers and former farm workers attain a better life through education and social services. As part of the federal …

Agriculture and Ranching

George Abernethy (1807-1877)

John Ball (1794-1884)

Peter Britt (1819-1905)

Carpenter Foundation and Alfred (1881-1974) & Helen Bundy (1886-1961) Carpenter

Jacob S. Conser (1818-1893)

John William "Pete" French (1849-1897)

Elizabeth Furse (1936–)

Cornelius Gilliam (1798 - 1848)

Dayton Ogden Hyde (1925-)

Peter Kerr (1861-1957)

Reub Long (1898-1974)

John Minto (1822-1915)

Alice Day Pratt (1872-1963)

Clayton Sumner (C.S.) Price (1874-1950)

Alfred Qualman (1904-1993)

Jesse Settlemier (1840-1913)

Elbridge Trask (1815-1863)

George Vancouver (1757-1798)

Joseph Watt (1817 - 1890)

Ewing Young (c. 1796-1841)

Blueberries and Huckleberries

Chanterelle Mushrooms

Maraschino Cherries

Pears and the pear industry

Sherman Big Bluegrass

Harney County Fair, Rodeo, and Race Meet

National Reclamation Act (1902)

Portland Rose Festival

Senate Bill 100

Willamette River flood of 1964

Willamette River flood of 1996

Athapaskan Indians

Japanese Americans in Oregon (essay)

Latinos in Oregon (essay)

Native American Agricultural Labor

Alpenrose Dairy

Basque boardinghouses in Oregon

Bonneville Power Administration

Bracero Program

Centro Cultural de Washington County

Cranberry Industry

Crooked River Project

Crown/Centennial Mills

Farmers' markets

Fish Lake Canal Company

Flax and Linen Industry of Oregon

Grass seed industry

Harry & David/Bear Creek Orchards

Hood River Distillers

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Kettle Foods, Inc.

Klamath Basin Project (1906)

Oregon Producers’ Exporting and Importing Company

Oregon State Agricultural Society

Oregon State University

Tillamook Cheese

Urban Growth Boundary

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

U.S. General Land Office in Oregon, ca. 1850-1946

Valley Migrant League

Women's Land Army

Indian Use of Fire in Early Oregon

Land Use Planning (essay)

City of Antelope and Muddy Ranch

Bear Creek Valley

Beeson-Robison Ditch

Big Summit Prairie

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Donner und Blitzen River

Community of Dora

City of Gold Hill

Great Plank Road

Hay Creek Ranch

Historic Prineville Roads (1870s–1930s)

Hood River (city)

Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation District

Long Creek (town)

Lower Klamath Lake

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Milton-Freewater

City of Mt. Angel

Multnomah County Poor Farm (Edgefield)

Patrick and Jane Hughes House

Peavy Arboretum

Peter French Round Barn

Community of Roy

Thompson's Mills

Tualatin, City of

Wapato Lake National Refuge

Willamette River (essay)

Willamette Valley (essay)

Zimmerman Heritage Farm