Oregon State College – Oregon State University
Oregon State College – Oregon State University Before 1961, Oregon State University in Corvallis was named Oregon State College. From my collection I have this generic engineering textbook with a...
Vintage Photos of The Dalles Oregon
Vintage Photos of The Dalles Oregon I purchased at an antique store in White Salmon Washington several years ago. The vendor claimed that they had bought them from an estate...
Hemlock Covered Bridge
Hemlock Covered Bridge From a photo found in an antique store, is this picture of the Hemlock Covered Bridge. It was down river from the Office Covered Bridge at the...
State Meat Market Delivery Truck
State Meat Market Delivery Truck Found this photo of delivery truck from around the early 1900s. The back of the photo says “Early model chain drive delivery truck, solid tired,...
Harry and Clara Penny Wedding Photo
Harry and Clara Penny Wedding Photo This is one of my favorite antique stores finds, the 1915 wedding photo of Harry and Clara Penny of Tenino Washington. What makes it...
August 12th – Today in Oregon History
August 12th – Today in Oregon History The Lewis and Clark Expedition crosses the Continental divide at Lemhi Pass, leaving the Louisiana Territory, and entering what would become the Oregon...
Colton Private Covered Bridge
Colton Private Covered Bridge In addition to the numerous publicly accessible covered bridges in Oregon, there are a number of privately owned ones. This one leads to a private driveway,...
February 17th – Today in Oregon History
February 17th – Today in Oregon History 1913 – Oregon puts the first minimum wage law into place
January 28th – Today in Oregon History
January 28th – Today in Oregon History 1965 – After heavy rainfall through December (1964) and early January (1965) across the entire West Coast, a landslide hits Mapleton Oregon’s “downtown”....
Ghost Town of Maxville Oregon (Vincent)
Ghost Town of Maxville Oregon Maxville was a small company lumber town in the Wallowa’s known for being multi-cultural town in days when Segregation was still the norm. Unlike many...
Today in Oregon History
Today in Oregon History Today in Oregon history is an attempt to highlight the important events that happened in Oregon History. Mostly this is a vanity project for myself to...
January 9th – Today in Oregon History
January 9th – Today in Oregon History 1880 – The Great Gale devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with heavy snow and high speed winds.
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