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At River’s Edge: An Examination of Overseas Chinese Settlements in Northern Oregon during the Exclusion Act Era

Creator:

Maddoux, Maryanne F.

Abstract:

The written history of Oregon spanning the late 18th and early 19th centuries lacks evidence of the contributions made by the Overseas Chinese communities who existed in Oregon during this period. The purpose of this examination is to study the Overseas Chinese communities which resided in the cities of The...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Caution! High Water: A Historical Archaeological Investigation of the Champoeg Townsite (ORMA26) after the 1861 Flood

Creator:

Hill, Cayla L.

Abstract:

The Champoeg townsite first developed due to its ideal settlement and trade location within the Willamette Valley, becoming the ‘legal birthplace of Oregon’ in 1843. However, by 1860 Champoeg’s significance had begun to decline, and in December of 1861 a devastating flood wiped out the townsite. Archaeological excavations took place...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

-238; McArthur 1992:166; Oregon State Parks 1989:1; Speulda 1988:23). Archaeological excavations
Deepening: Place Relationship in the Valley of Lake Creek, Oregon

Creator:

McCumber, Elisabeth Carol Harvey

Abstract:

This is an IRB-exempt thesis exploring place relationship in the valley of Lake Creek, Oregon, at Triangle Lake. An interdisciplinary ethnography of place, it involves a synthesis of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic literature; an analysis of nineteenth-century Coos, Alseya (Alsea), and Kalapuya myth-texts from Native oral tradition; a history of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

pronunciation of Alsea, which had three syllables. Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names (Portland: Oregon