The Oregon Encyclopedia

Skunk Cabbage

Skunk Cabbage

Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), which grows in mucky soils and marshes from northern California to Alaska, is one of the few members of the Arum (Araceae) family native to the Pacific …

Great Plank Road

Great Plank Road

The Great Plank Road, constructed in 1856, connected productive agricultural communities in the Tualatin Valley to Portland. Paved with sixteen-foot, three-inch-thick wooden planks, the road offered an improved route from agricultural communities …

North Fork Dam and Powerhouse

North Fork Dam and Powerhouse

The North Fork Dam and Powerhouse, owned and operated by Portland General Electric (PGE), is the newest and largest of the hydroelectric generation projects on the Clackamas River. The dam was one …

Science, Medicine, and Technology

Medicine
Science and Technology

Adalbert G. Bettman (1883 - 1964)

Joanna M. Cain (1950 - )

Mae Harrington Whitney Cardwell (1853-1929)

Christine Karen Cassel (1945 - )

Eva Castellanoz (1939- )

Ralph Crawshaw (1921-2014)

Miles Lowell Edwards (1898-1982)

Elizabeth Eggert (1848-1935)

Marie Equi (1872-1952)

Thomas B. Fitzpatrick (1919-2003)

Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)

Alan Hart (1890-1962)

James C. Hawthorne (1819-1881)

Clarence V. Hodges (1914-2001)

Ing Hay ("Doc Hay") (1862-1952)

Charles S. (Sam) Jackson (1860-1924)

Nathalie McDowell Johnson (1959-)

Simeon Josephi (1849 - 1935)

Lena Kenin (1897-1968)

John Kitzhaber (1947-)

Chris Klug (1972-)

John Kuratli (1897-1961)

Harry Lane (1855-1917)

Olof Larsell (1886-1964)

Harriet Lawrence (1883-1974)

Aaron B. Lerner (1921-2007)

Howard P. Lewis (1902-1985)

Carol A. Lindeman (1935-)

Walter Lobitz, Jr. (1911-2006)

Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy (1869-1967)

Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie (1859-1920)

Katherine Manion (1867-1956)

Edwin E. Osgood (1899-1969)

Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926)

Emile Pernot (1859-1927)

Grace Phelps (1871-1952)

Clarence Pruitt (1927-2009)

Julian S. "Dutch" Reinschmidt (1925-1998)

Robert Stone Dow (1908-1995)

Mary Priscilla Avery Sawtelle (1835-1894)

Albert Starr (1926-)

Frances J. Storrs (1939-)

Augustus M. Tanaka (1923-2015)

Benjamin Tanaka (1887-1975)

Mary Cachot Therkelson (1875-1937)

Mary Anna Cooke Thompson (1825 - 1919)

Elnora Thomson (1873-1957)

DeNorval Unthank (1899-1977)

Edward Wah (1931?-2008)

Newton K. (Uyesugi) Wesley (1917-)

Byron A. White (1893 - 1963)

Joseph Henry Wythe (1822-1901)

Fernleaf biscuitroot

Western red cedar

Brooten Kelp Ore

Death with Dignity Law

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Kaiser Permanente in Oregon

Kam Wah Chung and Co.

Morningside Hospital

Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry

Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech)

Oregon Nurses Association

Pacific University College of Optometry

Portland Free Dispensary

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Whitecloud Center

Willamette University

Dentistry in Oregon (essay)

Disease Epidemics among Indians, 1770s-1850s (essay)

Breitenbush Hot Springs

Buckhorn Mineral Springs Resort

Paul Allen (1953-2018)

Benjamin Alvord (1813-1884)

Vernon Bailey (1864-1942)

John C. Boyle (1887-1979)

Percy A. Cupper (1882-1943)

David Douglas (1799-1834)

Miles Lowell Edwards (1898-1982)

Jerry F. Franklin (1936-)

Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)

Helen Gilkey (1886-1972)

Kwan Hsu (1913-1995)

Hjalmar Hvam (1902-1996)

Dean Ing (1931-)

John Jeffrey (1828-?)

George Katagiri (1926-2009)

Lilla Leach (1886-1980)

Georgia Mason (1910-2007)

Conde Balcom McCullough (1887-1946)

Thornton Munger (1883-1975)

Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859)

Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

Emile Pernot (1859-1927)

Walter Perry (1873-1959)

Abraham Lincoln Savage (1864-1950)

Isaac W. Smith (1826-1897)

Albert Sweetser (1861-1940)

Carrie Phinney Sweetser (1863-1952)

Jack Ward Thomas (1934-2016)

Maraschino Cherries

Western red cedar

State of Oregon v. Norman Williams

United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

Willamette River flood of 1996

A-dec (Austin Dental Equipment Co.)

Carson Helicopters

Clackamas Hydroelectric Project

Entek International

Evans Products Company

Flax and Linen Industry of Oregon

Hull-Oakes Lumber Company and mill

Kaiser Shipyards

Klamath Basin Project (1906)

Oregon Iron & Steel Company

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Oregon Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

Roseburg Forest Products

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant

United Bicycle Institute

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab

Western Shore (a.k.a. Oregon Clipper)

Fort Rock Sandals

Phillips screw and driver

Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Disposal Site

Burnett Site (Lake Oswego)

Cape Meares Lighthouse

Christmas Valley Air Force Station

Diamond Craters

Forest Service Radio Lab

Glaciers in Oregon (essay)

Hatfield Marine Science Center and Visitor Center

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

North Fork Dam and Powerhouse

Oregon Vortex (House of Mystery)

Pine Mountain Observatory

Portland streetcar system

Sitkum and Brewster Valley

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Umpqua River Lighthouse

Willamette River (essay)