Welcome to the Timeweb
The Oregon Historical Society’s Timeweb uses over 800 records from the Society’s archival collection to tell the story of Oregon over time. The site builds interactive timelines to create historical webs of ideas, events, and places. To begin exploring, choose a Spotlight, Era, or Featured Record or build your own Oregon story by selecting topics you would like to know more about.
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Start with a Spotlight
Oregon Statehood: “germe of a great State”
On February 14, 1859, President James Buchanan signed a bill that admitted Oregon into the union as the thirty-third state. Statehood had been on the minds of Oregon settlers for a long time. In 1838, Methodist missionary Jason Lee traveled to Washington D.C from Oregon Country with a petition calling for… Read More
Begin with an Era
- 1750-1799
- Pre-Contact to 1799
- 1800-1847
- Exploration and Resettlement
- 1848-1880
- Territory and Statehood
- 1881-1920
- Industrial Expansion
- 1921-1949
- Depression and War
- 1950-Today
- Metropolitan Expansion
- 1985-Today
- Modern Oregon