DirectoryOregon.com is an Oregon online web directory covering useful listings to Oregon such as travel, business, computer, environment, shopping, services, society, travelling, transportation, education & reference, arts, entertainment.
Browse Categories
 
History
You are here: Home > Society and Culture > History
Listings
China Ditch
History of the China Ditch gold mine featuring information on hydraulic gold mining and Chinese gold miners of the 18th and 19th century with a glossary of mining terms and gold mining pictures.
http://www.or.blm.gov/roseburg/china_ditch/index.html
End of the Oregon Trail
Preserving culture and educating the public about the history, heritage, and spirit of the people at the end of the Oregon Trail.
http://endoftheoregontrail.org/
Fairview-Rockwood-Wilkes Historical Society
Stimulate an interest in and preserve the history of the Fairview, Rockwood, Wilkes areas of East Multnomah County Oregon.
http://www.frwhs.org
Finnish American Historical Society of the West
Shares cultural history of Finnish settlement across the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.finamhsw.com/
Historic Buncom
Reeve Hennion looks at Southern Oregon's last remaining ghost town, remnants of a once thriving gold mining camp. Location, history, events, tongue-in-cheek fun.
http://www.buncom.org
NAS Tillamook
History of this Naval Air Station on the Western coast of Oregon with historic timber blimp hangars. Home to a World War II lighter-than-air squadron.
http://www.nastillamook.org/
On This Day In Oregon
Richly illustrated, non-commercial daily calendar of footnotes in Oregon history.
http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/
Oregon Archaeological Society
Organizes forums for members to learn and discover Oregon's history by site tours, camp-outs, and supervised digs in the desert.
http://www.oregonarchaeological.org/
Oregon Historical Society
Preserving, collecting, and publishing Oregon's multicultural history through museum exhibitions, research collections, and publications.
http://www.ohs.org/
The National Railway Historical Society
The society is a non-profit organization which was formed in 1935 for historical and educational purposes.
http://www.nrhs.com/