In 1850 Frush traveled from Missouri to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, Blue River, the North Platte, and Fort Laramie, where he met his brother John and Kit Carson. They continued by South Pass, Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, the Dalle...
Description:
Frush, of Newark, Missouri, traveled to Oregon in 1850, organized the Pacific Telegraph Company in 1855, and was buried in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Frush, John H. and Frush, Wm. H. (William H.)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
Letterpress copybook of P. W. Croake concerning Los Angeles, California, real estate, 1899 August-October. Information recorded includes pricing and lot details. Multiple transactions are land exchanges rather than outright purchases. In addition to d...
Description:
P. W. Croake was a real estate agent in Los Angeles, California, circa 1899-1913.
Subject (Geographic):
California., California, Los Angeles., Illinois, Chicago., Kansas., Ohio., Oregon., Washington (State), and Los Angeles (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Croake, P. W.
Subject (Topic):
Real estate agents, Real property, and Economic conditions
Album of photographs distributed by Wigan, Richardson and Company, hop merchants headquartered in London, Great Britain, with photographs created by the Parker Studio, Salem, Oregon, documenting the activities of the Wigrich Ranche (sic.), a hops farm...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon, Oregon., Independence (Or.), Wigrich (Or.), and Willamette River Valley (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Rose, W. Lewis., Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company., Parker Studio (Salem. Or.), and Wigan, Richardson and Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Agricultural laborers, Armenians, and Hops
Single and group portraits of Modoc Indian prisoners taken into custody in the spring of 1873. Subjects are identified as Black Jim, Boston Charley, Bogus Charley Burgess, Curley Headed Doctor, Curley Headed Jack, Wheum, Buckskin Doctor, Hooka Jim, Ik...
Description:
Advertisement for Watkin's Yosemite Art Gallery on mounts.
Publisher:
Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Modoc Indians, Modoc War, 1872-1873, and Prisoners
An album of photographs that document the construction of the Cold Springs Dam by the United States Bureau of Reclamation near Hermiston, Oregon, 1906-1908
Description:
The Cold Springs Dam is part of the Umatilla Basin Project that provides irrigation for agricultural lands in the lower Umatilla River Valley, Oregon.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Cold Springs Dam (Or.), and Umatilla River Valley (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Davis, B. H., Sawyer, W. C., photographer., Kilgore Peteler Company., Walter M. Lowney, Co., Marion Power Shovel Company., Umatilla Basin Project (U.S.), and United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
Subject (Topic):
Dams, Construction, Greeks, Irrigation, Locomotives, Steam shovels, and Water resources development
Letters documenting Thomas Nelson's voyage to, and life in, Oregon City, Oregon, where he served as an Oregon Territory Supreme Court judge, written to his wife Cornelia and their children in Peekskill, New York, from 1851 Mar 20 to 1853 Jul 16. Nels...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., California, Northwest Coast of North America, Oregon, Oregon Territory, Peekskill (N.Y.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
André, John, 1751-1780., Chenoweth, Francis A., 1819-1899., Currey, John E. B., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857., Nelson, Cornelia., Nelson, Thomas., Pratt, Orville C., 1819-1891., Seymour, Allen., Seymour, David Lowrey, 1803-1867., California (steamer), Columbia (Steamer), and Oregon. Supreme Court.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, etc, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, Capital and capitol, Gold discoveries, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Photographs compiled by an unidentified compiler of the Black Butte Mine in Lane County, Oregon, 1910-1920. Depicted are the mining camp and unidentified miners in mines or at mine shaft entrances. The only photograph with a caption is of an illustrat...
Description:
The Black Butte Mine, a mercury mine in Lane County, Oregon, was in operation from the 1890s until the late 1960s.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Lane County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Lange, Edward, 1846-1912. and Black Butte Mine.
Subject (Topic):
Mercury, Mercury mines and mining, Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Mining camps
