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The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

Creator:

Boulware, Brooke L.

Abstract:

A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...

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Masters Thesis

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....................................... 41 Figure 11 – St. Paul's Cemetery ethnicity, 1874 - 1905
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...

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Dissertation

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George Gibbs’ Champoeg Townsite, circa 1851 (Speulda 1988:18)….…..…44 6.1 Prosser Button Assemblage
Material Expressions of Class, Status and Authority amongst Commissioned Officers at Fort Yamhill and Fort Hoskins, Oregon, 1856-1866

Creator:

Eichelberger, Justin E.

Abstract:

During the 19th century the United States Army was a military institution characterized by a hierarchical system of authoritative, social and economic inequality between members of its different military grades. Although necessary for insuring military discipline within the Army this system of inequality also influenced the non-military social lives of...

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Dissertation

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A.20 Captain George Byron Currey, c. early-1860s……………………………... 442 A.21 Grave Marker of First