“ | Holbrook spoke at the Oregon Historical Society in 1940, saying that Oregon had a wonderful opportunity to exploit and market its history, to the rest of the country, as well as to educate its citizens. He didn't just mean the Oregon Trail, the missionaries, and the usual suspects. He wanted to memorialize Fern Hobbs and Copperfield, Harry Tracy, King of the Western Outlaws, Bunco Kelly, King of the Crimps, etc...Well, we're finally getting around to memorializing the Oregon Trail, and maybe eventually the powers that be will recognize the wisdom in Holbrook's advice before Oregon's history and culture is forgotten and we turn into another Orange County. | ” |
The Oregon History Subproject covers the history of the U.S. state of Oregon. Please feel free to modify as needed. This is a part of the WikiProject Oregon.
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Besides general articles on Oregon history (see priority list below), one of the main priorites of the WPOR History Subproject is to create an article on the
History of Oregon. Done This article currently redirects to the History section in the main
Oregon article. Back in August of 2006
User:EngineerScotty created a subpage of WPOR for a rough draft of the History of Oregon article, here:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/History of Oregon. Right now it is mostly just an outline, but as more individual history articles are created, they can be used to flesh out the main article.
For the Oregon article to reach Good article or Featured article status, it will need to have a History section that uses the {{ main}} template to link to a well-written History of Oregon article.
Discussion about suggestions for content and subsections of the History of Oregon page, including a collection of history templates, are on the talkpage.
Feel free to add any article suggestions below.
“ | Holbrook spoke at the Oregon Historical Society in 1940, saying that Oregon had a wonderful opportunity to exploit and market its history, to the rest of the country, as well as to educate its citizens. He didn't just mean the Oregon Trail, the missionaries, and the usual suspects. He wanted to memorialize Fern Hobbs and Copperfield, Harry Tracy, King of the Western Outlaws, Bunco Kelly, King of the Crimps, etc...Well, we're finally getting around to memorializing the Oregon Trail, and maybe eventually the powers that be will recognize the wisdom in Holbrook's advice before Oregon's history and culture is forgotten and we turn into another Orange County. | ” |
The Oregon History Subproject covers the history of the U.S. state of Oregon. Please feel free to modify as needed. This is a part of the WikiProject Oregon.
Please sign in here if you would like to contribute!
Besides general articles on Oregon history (see priority list below), one of the main priorites of the WPOR History Subproject is to create an article on the
History of Oregon. Done This article currently redirects to the History section in the main
Oregon article. Back in August of 2006
User:EngineerScotty created a subpage of WPOR for a rough draft of the History of Oregon article, here:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/History of Oregon. Right now it is mostly just an outline, but as more individual history articles are created, they can be used to flesh out the main article.
For the Oregon article to reach Good article or Featured article status, it will need to have a History section that uses the {{ main}} template to link to a well-written History of Oregon article.
Discussion about suggestions for content and subsections of the History of Oregon page, including a collection of history templates, are on the talkpage.
Feel free to add any article suggestions below.