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 System: “The People of Oregon are the Supreme Power Now”
On June 2, 1902, the people of Oregon voted to accept a new way of making laws: the Initiative and Referendum System. In the past, the Oregon State Legislature, made up of senators and representatives elected by the people, wrote and passed all the laws governing the state. After 1902, the people could write a… 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