Transportation and Communication
“It occurred to me that here we are, the richest country in the world, and it's almost impossible to go anywhere except in your car.”—Donald Stathos, at the dedication of the Donald L. Stathos Bikeway, 1979
Entries for Biography
- Henry Larcom Abbot (1831-1927)
- William Lysander Adams (1821–1906)
- Eric W. Allen (1879-1944)
- Eric W. Allen Jr. (1920-1986)
- Jesse Applegate (1811-1888)
- Eleanor Baldwin (1854-1928)
- Shinzaburo Ban (1854-1926)
- Ralph Barnes (1899-1940)
- Charles Bellinger (1839-1905)
- Mark A. Bell (1825–1897)
- Simon Benson (1851-1942)
- Norman Best (1906-1995)
- Arthur Sylvanus Bimrose (1912-1998)
- Mel Blanc (1908-1989)
- Kathryn Hall Bogle (1906 - 2003)
- Richard “Dick” Bogle (1930–2010)
- Benjamin Bonneville (1796-1878)
- Louise Bryant (1885-1936)
- Hugh Daniel Burns (1807–1870)
- Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889–1974)
- John F. Carroll (1858-1917)
- Jacob S. Conser (1818-1893)
- James Cook (1728-1779)
- Reuben Crawford (1828–1918)
- Will Daly (1869-1924)
- Homer Davenport (1867-1912)
- Thomas Jefferson Dryer (1808–1879)
- Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915)
- Henry Theophilus Finck (1854–1926)
- George Flavel (1823[?]-1893)
- Philip Foster (1805-1884)
- Joseph Gale (1807-1881)
- Ralph Gifford (1894–1947)
- Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848)
- Robert Gray (1755–1806)
- Matthew Abram Groening (1954–)
- Hilmar Grondahl (1899-1984)
- William Hanley (1861-1935)
- Virginia Marquette Haseltine (1906–1991)
- James C. Hawthorne (1819-1881)
- Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (1920–1986)
- William A. Hilliard (1927-2017)
- James J. Hill (1838-1916)
- Stewart Holbrook (1893–1964)
- Orlando Humason (1828–1875)
- Charles S. (Sam) Jackson (1860-1924)
- Glenn Jackson (1902-1980)
- Peter Kerr (1861-1957)
- Arthur Robinson Kirkham (1897–1981)
- Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1954)
- Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907–1980)
- Hazel Ying Lee (1912-1944)
- Fred Lockley (1871-1958)
- Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren (1860-1937)
- Daniel Lownsdale (1803–1862)
- Ernest Boyd "E. B." MacNaughton (1880–1960)
- Ben Maxwell (1898-1967)
- Stephen Rogers McCarthy (1943–2023)
- William McClendon (1915-1996)
- Constance Averill McCready (1921–2000)
- Conde Balcom McCullough (1887-1946)
- John Minto (1822-1915)
- John Mullan (1830-1909)
- Jack Ohman (1960-)
- Joel Palmer (1810–1881)
- Charles Edward Pickett (1820–1882)
- Henry Lewis Pittock (1835-1919)
- Josephine Martin Plymale (1845–1899)
- George Putnam (1872-1961)
- William Henry Rector (1806-1890)
- Robert Ruhl (1880-1967)
- Russell Sadler (1942-)
- James D. Saules (1806?–1850s)
- Robert Sawyer (1880-1959)
- Harvey Scott (1838–1910)
- Jane Sherar (1848-1907) and Joseph Sherar (1833-1908)
- John Shively (1804-1893)
- Ernst Skarstedt (1857-1929)
- Isaac W. Smith (1826-1897)
- William B. Smullin (1907-1995)
- Charles Sprague (1887-1969)
- Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862)
- Frederick Augustus Stickel (1921–2015)
- Robert Stuart (1785-1848)
- Marion Sayle Taylor (1889–1942)
- Elbridge Trask (1815-1863)
- William M. Tugman (1893-1961)
- William Green T'Vault (1809-1869)
- George Vancouver (1757-1798)
- Warren Vaughn (1823-1907)
- Henry Villard (1835-1900)
- Blanch McBride Virgin Randle (1887–1978)
- Ebbert T. (Bert) Webber (1921-2006)
- E. Henry Wemme (1861-1914)
- Capt. Leonard White (1827-1870)
- Wendell Wyatt (1917–2009)
Entries for Event
- As It Was (Jefferson Public Radio)
- Beeswax shipwreck
- Cartography of Oregon, 1507–1848
- Civil War, Newspaper Suppression
- The Wreck of the Congress (ship)
- Critical Mass in Portland
- Cycle Oregon
- DeAutremont Brothers Train Hold-up at Tunnel 13
- Donkey engine
- Gazelle Disaster
- Konapee wreck
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- New Carissa
- Oregon and California Lands Act
- Portland Bridge Pedal
- Shipwrecks in Oregon
- The Wreck of the Glenesslin (ship)
- Willamette River flood of 1964
- Willamette River flood of 1996
- Wreck of the General Warren (ship)
Entries for Group
Entries for Institution
- The Advocate
- Albany Democrat-Herald
- Albany streetcar system
- Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
- Astoria streetcar system
- Baker City streetcar system
- Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Carson Helicopters
- Cherry Grove streetcar and railroad
- Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa)
- Clackamas Hydroelectric Project
- Columbia Region Association of Governments (CRAG)
- Columbia River Quarantine Station
- Corvallis and Eastern Railroad
- Corvallis streetcar system
- Country Coach
- Eugene streetcar system
- Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
- Federal Writers' Project in Oregon
- The Firebrand
- Forest Grove streetcar system
- Intel
- Jefferson Public Radio
- KBOO Community Radio
- Klamath Falls streetcar system
- Lithia Motors
- Medford-Jacksonville streetcar system
- Medford Mail Tribune
- Metro Regional Government
- Naval Air Station Tillamook / Tillamook Air Museum
- Oregon Electric Railway
- The Oregonian
- Oregon Posten
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
- Oregon Spectator
- Oregon Statesman
- Oregon Steam Navigation Company
- Oshu Nippo
- Portland International Airport
- Portland Railway Light and Power
- The Portland Reporter
- Portland Seamen's Friend Society
- Port of Hood River
- Port of Portland
- Port of Toledo
- Salem streetcar system
- Southern Pacific Red Electric Lines
- Tucker Sno-Cat®
- Union streetcar system
- United Bicycle Institute
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Life-Saving Service in Oregon
- U.S.S. Astoria (CA-34)
- U.S.S. Oregon City (CA-122)
- U.S.S. Sederstrom (DE-31)
- Walla Walla Valley Railway
- West Linn streetcar system
Entries for Miscellany
- Bailey Gatzert
- Brother Jonathan (ship)
- Crisis in the Klamath Basin (documentary film)
- Czarina
- HMS Racoon
- Morning Star (ship)
- Oregon Pony
- Pollution in Paradise (documentary film)
- Santo Cristo de Burgos
- Shanghaiing in Portland and the Shanghai Tunnels Myth
- S.S. Star of Oregon
- Tonquin (ship)
- U.S.S. Oregon
- U.S.S. Peacock
- U.S.S. Umpqua
Entries for Place
- Adams
- Community of Airlie
- Albany
- Amity
- Applegate Trail
- Arlington
- Athena
- Aurora
- Barlow Road
- Beaverton
- Blue Mountains
- Bridge of the Gods
- Brookings
- Butte Falls
- Canemah
- Cape Arago Lighthouse
- Cape Meares Lighthouse
- Cascade Locks
- Cascade Mountain Range in Oregon
- Celilo Falls
- Central Point
- Champoeg
- Chiloquin
- Christmas Valley Air Force Station
- Civilian Public Service Camp #56
- Columbia City
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
- Columbia River
- Columbia River Gorge
- Columbia River Highway
- Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge
- Condon
- Coquille River Lighthouse
- Culver
- Dead Indian Memorial Road
- Desdemona Sands Lighthouse
- City of Detroit
- Detroit Dam
- Echo
- Enterprise
- Forest Service Radio Lab
- Fort Rock (town)
- City of Gold Hill
- Grants Pass
- Grass Valley
- Great Plank Road
- Haines (town)
- Hammond
- Hayden Island
- Heceta Head Lighthouse
- Hells Canyon
- Hermiston
- US 101 (Oregon Coast Highway)
- Historic Prineville Roads (1870s–1930s)
- City of Idanha
- Interstate 5 in Oregon
- Lakeport
- Lakeview
- Lebanon (city)
- Lincoln (town)
- Lorane (town)
- Community of McKenzie Bridge
- McKenzie Pass
- McKenzie River
- McMinnville
- Medford
- Mill City
- Milton-Freewater
- Milwaukie
- Monmouth
- Mount Hood Freeway
- Neahkahnie Mountain
- Newberg
- Newport
- Oregon City
- Oregon Coast Trail
- Oregon Trail
- Orenco
- Pass Creek Covered Bridge
- Pilot Rock (geologic feature)
- Point Adams
- Point Adams Lighthouse and Life-Saving Station
- Portland streetcar system
- Prehistoric Gardens
- Prineville
- Rainier
- Rocky Butte
- Rogue River
- Rogue River Bridge
- Community of Roy
- Sandy River
- Santiam Pass
- Santiam Wagon Road
- Scappoose
- Shaniko
- Siskiyou Pass
- Sisters Rocks and Frankport
- Sitkum and Brewster Valley
- Starvation Creek
- St. Helens
- St. Paul
- The Dalles
- The Dalles Dam
- Three Lynx Village
- Tillamook Bay
- Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
- Trask Toll Road
- Tualatin, City of
- Umpqua River Lighthouse
- Willamette Falls
- Willamette Pass
- Willamette River
- Willamette Valley
- Winship Settlement
- Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
- Yaquina City
- Yaquina Head Lighthouse