Oregoniana—you know it when you see it.
"So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe." Dave Barry, 1990, on the Florence whale explosion (1970).
Entries for Biography
- Gilbert Gable (1886-1941)
- Georgiana Burton Pittock (1845–1918)
- Eugene Debs "Debbs" Potts (1909–2003)
- Henry Thiele (1882-1952)
Entries for Biota
- Bobbie the Wonder Dog
- Oregon Sunstone
- Packy the elephant (1962-2017)
- Two-Bits, the World War II Lookout Dog
Entries for Event
- Beeswax shipwreck
- Centennial Exposition of 1959
- Champagne Riot of 1866
- Copperfield Affair, 1913-1914
- Florence Whale Explosion
- Harney County Fair, Rodeo, and Race Meet
- Indian Redwood Marathon (Redwood Empire Run)
- Konapee wreck
- Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
- New Carissa
- Oregon Country Fair
- Portland Rose Festival
- Queen Marie of Romania's 1926 visit to Oregon
- Turkey Rama
Entries for Group
- Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ Church
- The Kingsmen
- Paul Revere and the Raiders
- Rajneeshees
- Royal Rosarians
Entries for Institution
- Enchanted Forest
- Gardenburger Inc.
- Pixieland
- Portland Professional Wrestling
- Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers
- Star Theater
- Voodoo Doughnut
Entries for Miscellany
- Animal House (film)
- Beaver gold coins
- Bigfoot (Sasquatch) legend
- The General (film)
- Oregon Commemorative Quarter
- Oregon Pony
- Oregon State symbols
- Oregon, the name
- Portland Penny
- Santo Cristo de Burgos: An Essay
- Scappoose Peace Candle of the World
- Shanghaiing in Portland and the Shanghai Tunnels Myth