A U.S. flag, Oregon’s early days and the woman who sewed them together

For 165 years, the first U.S. flag flown in the state of Oregon has seen exactly what time does to fabric. The blue of the ...
The Portland Mercury

Portland’s Rich History of Marches, Protests, and Political Action

Portland Police escorted “scabs” through picket lines outside a building where workers were hired, during the longshormen strike of 1934. Credit: OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ORHI81704 This town’s ...
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Historic floods of Oregon: A look at the state’s most destructive flood events from 1861 to 1996

From November 1861 to January 1862 a series of storms caused widespread flooding in Oregon, Washington and California. Even Utah and Nevada were affected. Many pioneers had settled in the flood plains ...
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120 years ago, Portland hosted a ‘World’s Fair’ that changed everything (then disappeared)

On June 1, 1905, nearly 40,000 people turned out for the opening day of Portland’s only “World’s Fair.” Today, it is all long gone. This image from 1905 shows the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds ...