Historic Viewers

Historic Viewers are interactive and layered electronic images which engage viewers in a dynamic vision of change over time in Oregon. Each viewer links to an accompanying head note that contains information on the viewer and suggested questions for students.

"Historic Viewers" designed by George Champlin of Champlin Design

Celilo Falls and The Dalles Dam Historic Viewer
Celilo Falls and The Dalles Dam Historic Viewer

Historic Viewers
Historic Viewers are interactive and layered electronic images which engage viewers in a dynamic vision of change over time in Oregon. Each viewer links to an accompanying head note that contains information on the viewer and suggested questions for students.

Indian Lands in Oregon
The three maps located on this historic viewer show the loss of Indian lands in Oregon from 1841 to 1880. Although these maps offer a visual representation of Indian lands they are only estimates of historic Indian group locations.

Oregon Boundaries
See how boundaries have changed from 1833 to 1860. At the top of the Oregon Boundaries Historic Viewer you will find three tabs that designate three different maps.

Portland Panorama
These three views of Portland, all shot from southwest of present-day downtown, show the city in 1867, 1985 and 1999. When C. E. Watkins took the first photograph in 1867, Portland’s central grid had been cleared less than twenty years earlier, but the city already had about 7,000 residents.