Refine your search.
Search both the Oregon Encyclopedia and our partner site, the Oregon History Project.
1710 results
-
Catlin Gabel School
Catlin Gabel School in Portland is the largest nondenominational private school in Oregon, with over 770 students from preschool through the twelfth grade. Considered a …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Catlow Valley
Catlow Valley, named for nineteenth-century cattle rancher John Catlow, is a 1,300-square-mile, seemingly level-floored basin in the high-desert country of southern Harney County. A classic …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
C. B. Watson (1849-1930)
Chandler Bruer Watson—attorney, journalist, public servant, prospector, and historian—was southern Oregon's first conservationist. Raised in Pike County, Illinois, Watson arrived in Ashland in 1871. He graduated …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls (also known as Horseshoe Falls) was located on the mid-Columbia River about twelve miles east of The Dalles. It was part of an …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Celilo Fish Committee (1935 - 1957)
Members of Umatilla, Yakama, and Warm Springs tribes joined unenrolled Mid-Columbia Indians to establish the Celilo Fish Committee in 1935. The committee had been proposed …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Centennial Exposition of 1959
Oregon became the thirty-third state on February 14, 1859. A century later, Portland hosted the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair to commemorate one …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Central Library (Multnomah County Library)
Central Library, the largest building in the Multnomah County Library system (originally the Library Association of Portland), is the generally acknowledged masterpiece of Portland architect …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Central Point
Central Point is located about thirteen miles south of Table Rocks in the Rogue River/Bear Creek Valley. The town was named in 1852 by Isaac …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
Centro Cultural de Washington County
Centro Cultural de Washington County is an educational and cultural center in Cornelius that offers aid and other services to Latinos. During World War II, …
Oregon Encyclopedia
-
C.E.S. Wood (1852-1944)
C.E.S. Wood may have been the most influential cultural figure in Portland in the forty years surrounding the turn of the twentieth century. He helped …
Oregon Encyclopedia