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The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader context of U.S. history. Incorporated in 1898, the Society collects, preserves, and makes available materials of historical character and interest, and collaborates with other ...
The Oregon Historical Society Museum is a history museum housed at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The museum was created in 1898 and receives about 44,000 visitors annually. It houses the Portland Penny that decided the city’s name. [ 1] This 1835 copper penny was flipped to decide between the names ...
Helen Fedchak, curator of collections at Oregon Historical Society, carefully unboxes the Thomas Dove Keizur Wedding Socks on July 1. The 211-year-old socks, worn by at least four generations of ...
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1905 to celebrate the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The Oregon Historical Society visited the MHIC this fall to help Trice and her staff develop a formal cataloging system for the museum's hundreds of artifacts. Trice also was able to raise money ...
Oregon Historical Quarterly. The Oregon Historical Quarterly is a peer-reviewed public history journal covering topics in the history of the U.S. state of Oregon, for both an academic and a general audience. [1] It has been published continuously on a quarterly schedule by the Oregon Historical Society since 1900. [2]
The encyclopedia is a project of Portland State University 's History Department, the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, and the Oregon Historical Society. It has drawn support from Oregon Cultural Trust partners Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, and the Oregon State Historic ...
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 51 of those are found in Washington County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May ...