Pioneers
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
Katherine Livingston photographic collection on the dedication of the Oregon Trail Monument
Three black and white photographs, 1906, of the dedication of the Oregon Trail monument at the courthouse in Malheur County, with Ezra Meeker and John E. Johnson.
Fred Lockley reminiscences and letters
Fred Lockley (1871-1958) was a well-known columnist for the Oregon Journal. Collection consists of reminiscences, notes and stories, circa 1920-1940, regarding Oregon pioneers, including the Lane family, and steamboating in the Pacific Northwest.
Leslie M. Lowell papers
Typescript articles, typed by Leslie M. Lowell, on Robert Newell, James Sinclair, Umpqua Valley geology and early settlement, and "A trip from Washoe, Nevada, to Douglas County, Oregon, 1863."
William M. Macy: guide for the 1854 wagon train
Photocopy printed biography of William M. Macy, an Oregon pioneer.
Mary E. Marsh reminiscences
Manuscript reminiscences of Mary E. Marsh, who came to Oregon with her family as a child, about the Whitman killings and her subsequent imprisonment by a group of Liksiyu (Cayuse) people for one month.
Mary Gay Cogswell Cemetery collection
Collection includes typescript extract from the diary of Martha Ann Gay Masterson, 1851, regarding the overland journey of the Gay family and the establishment of the Mary Gay Cogswell Cemetery outside Eugene, Oregon; and biographies of pioneers buried in the cemetery, including Martin Baker Gay, Mary Gay Cogswell, and members of the Campbell family.
F. X. Matthieu papers
Ledgers from a store that F. X. Matthieu (1818-1914) ran in Butteville, Oregon. The collection also includes other papers of and relating to Matthieu, who was a French-Canadian migrant to Oregon and the longest-surviving participant of the 1843 Champoeg Meetings.
C. C. McClendon letter to siblings
Letter from C. C. McClendon (1832-1922) to his siblings in Arkansas. The letter discusses McClendon's recent purchase of land and the Oregon Constitutional Convention.
James F. McClure diary
Bound manuscript diary, August 31-October 16, 1853, and account book, 1853-1857, kept by James F. McClure, describing the crossing of the Malheur River 15 miles beyond Fort Boise.
James H. McMillen reminiscences
James H. McMillen (1823-1913) was an Oregon pioneer of 1845, volunteer in the Cayuse Indian war, and resident of Washington County, Oregon. Collection consists of McMillen's manuscript reminiscences, 1910-1911, in the form of a letter to George Himes, regarding his journey to Oregon in 1845; his acquaintance with John McLoughlin and Peter Skene Ogden; and his recollections of the Whitman killings, Cayuse Indian War, and early Portland, Oregon.