Head Quarters Dept. of the Pacific San Francisco 29th March 1854 My Dear General; I give you many thanks for your favor of the 18th ultimo. I am gratified to learn that there is a prospect of an increase of the Army. Our Empire is very large, and a large proportion requires military protection and … [Read more…]
Life in the Cube will be interesting as we work on developing the museum. I think I will get some cubist art and hang it about as I go through my blue cubist period. HAH! Anyway research commences and advances at all phases of my work. I have taken up a gradual project to go … [Read more…]
The Early Oregon Legislature, the Provisional Government, establish in 1843, began taking action and making pronouncements to secure their place in Oregon and provide for the public welfare. I have scanned through the Oregon Archives (from Google Books, Thanks again!) and found numerous references to the tribes and treatment of the tribes in these early … [Read more…]
In 1856, after a decade of pitched battles and skirmishes in southern Oregon and along the Columbia River, General Joel Palmer began removing the tribes of western Oregon to a permanent reservation called the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. That removal was the end of the world, and the beginning of another world for the tribes. … [Read more…]
History just keeps getting better and repeating itself. Apparently the notion of the richest citizens and foreign investors having a controlling interest in the politics of the country is not a new concept. This statement from Senator Crittenden in 1841 really hits the nail on the head. ” Their (foreign investors) object is to increase … [Read more…]