In 1875 a good number of letters were sent around to Indian agents about Indians who had “illegally” left the reservations and who were living in a settler community, about small minor crimes and disturbances by Indians from the Dalles to Roseburg. During this time the federal government was in the midst of taking several […]
Read More…This summer the eclipse has been the major story for Oregon, especially in the path of totality, which I am in, in Salem. Many folks from the region will try to get into the path to apparently find some sort of spiritual experience. Oregon Department of Transportation is predicting upwards of 1 Million visitors. The […]
Read More…Today, we all are enjoying the surge of microbreweries and beer production on Oregon. It’s one of the industries known to have developed in the Northwest, and microbreweries are a part of the culture of all towns in Oregon. It’s big business and even national beer companies are getting into the microbrew market. But this […]
Read More…In recent years, histories of the Indians of Oregon have come under scrutiny by a cadre of historians and anthropologists. Questioned now are events that took place in Oregon, how the events unfolded and some of the “facts” of native history that most people have come to assume are the only history of Native peoples in […]
Read More…Fur traders with the Pacific Fur Company, an American company, left Fort Astoria in 1812, 23rd, October (Franchere), for the Willamette Valley to establish a fur trading outpost. The intent was to establish a fur trading post close to the Kalapuyan tribal villages and form positive relationships with the tribes. Wallace House was built by William […]
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