ThroughTimePt

Through Time
Mostly Then, To Now
(1542-2002)
Part 2

A Great New Century
1900

1901

1902
Initiative and referendum laws, adopted,
allowing people of Oregon, to place measures on ballot,
and recall existing laws by popular vote.
Oregon is first state to adopt such laws.

1903
McCants Stewart, first Black admitted to Oregon Bar.

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Voters' Pamphlet first published.

1904
George Hardin,
is the first Black officer,
appointed to the Portland Police Bureau.

1905
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition,
is held in Portland, celebrating 100 years,
since the visit of Lewis and Clark.

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Sarah A. Evans,
appointed first City Market Inspector in the U.S.,
marks the beginning of the
consumer-protection movement.

1906
Association of Oregon Counties first organized.

1907

1908
Lola Baldwin,
is named head of the newly formed
Women's Division (Portland),
becoming first female Civil Service
police officer in United States.

1909

1910
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association,
is reorganized.

1911
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association,
is incorporated.

1912
Women's suffrage, is adopted in Oregon.

1913
South jetty at the mouth of the Columbia,
is completed to facilitate shipping,
on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920
Oregon League of Women Voters formed.

1921
Ku Klux Klan organized in Oregon.

1922
Compulsory education law passed.

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Astoria, downtown, burns to the ground.
Over 200 business establishments,
were destroyed and thirty blocks burned.
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Beatrice Cannady,
first Black woman admitted to Oregon Bar.

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Japanese American Citizen's League is established.

1923
(October)
The three DeAutremont brothers, in what was called
the nation's last great train robbery,
dynamited the Southern Pacific's Gold Special,
when it passed through a tunnel in
The Siskiyou Mountians, near Ashland.
In fact, the train carried no gold. Four
trainmen were killed, but the brothers
escaped into the mountians and were not captured
until four years later. It was Oregon's most
sensational criminal case.

1924

1925
League of Oregon Cities formed.

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933
The Tillamook Burn,
one of the nation's worst forest disasters,
wipes out 240,000 acres of Oregon's finest timber.

1934

1935
State Capitol, built in 1876, is destroyed by fire.

1936
Nan Wood Honeyman, elected,
Oregon's first woman representative in Congress.

1937
Bonneville Dam completed,
providing Oregon with a great source
of hydroelectric power.

1938

1939
New Capitol in Salem, is completed.

1940

1941
Shipbuilding boom starts at Portland.

1942
Women are finially called to jury duty,
in a federal court in Oregon.

1943

1944

1945

1946
Rural School Bill passed.
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Equalization measure, encourages consolidation,
and raises standards of rural schools.

1947
Gov. Earl Snell,
Sec. of State Robert S. Farrell Jr.,
and Pres. of the Senate Marshall E. Cornett,
killed in private plane crash.

1948
Memorial Day Flood, completely destroys Vanport,
a suburban Portland city of 17,500,
built to house wartime workers.

1949
Fair Employment Practices Commission, first in a series of State Civil Rights Legislation.

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Dorothy McCullough Lee
is elected first woman mayor, in Portland.

1950

1951

1952
Constitutional amendment, approved,
assuring equal representation in State Legislature.

1953
The legislature repealed all preexisting statutes,
and enacted the Oregon Revised Statutes.

1954
McNary Dam, on The Columbia River,
dedicated by President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1955
William Faulkner,
visited for a few days of discussions and meetings,
with students at the University of Oregon, in Eugene.

1956
Congress authorizes Interstate freeway system.

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Congress terminates Klamath Indian Tribe.

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Camp Tillamook was started in 1956,
with the acquisition of three old barracks buildings,
at the Blimp Base in Tillamook, Oregon.
This work/study camp, was designed to serve a
younger population of delinquent youth.

1957
The Legislature, bestowed upon Dr. John McLoughlin,
the honorary title of "Father of Oregon",
in recognition of his great contributions,
to the early development of the Oregon Country.

1958
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington,
arts in education organization.
Young Audiences work is multi-disciplinary,
embracing all art forms.

1959
Mark O. Hatfield, becomes the new govener of Oregon,
on January 17.

1960
Maurine Neuberger,
Oregon's first woman to be elected to U.S. Senate;
3rd in U.S.

1961
Freeway completed, connecting Salem and Portland.

1962
October 12 (Columbus Day),
storm causes extensive damage.
Since then, known as The Columbus Day Storm.

1963
Heceta Head Lighthouse, turned on in 1894.
One of the most beautiful lighthouses and settings,
and the most powerful marine light,
on the Oregon Coast, 1.2 million candlepower.
Last keeper at the lighthouse was Ossie Allik,
who had the distinction of being the last keeper,
at Tillamook and Heceta Head.
He turned the lights off July 20, 1963,
when it became automated.

1964
Death penalty abolished.

1965
Another work/study camp,
was built on State Parks land on the mid-Oregon
coast near Florence in 1965.
This program initially was used to serve
academically challenged youth.

1966
Opening of Astoria Bridge,
linking Oregon and Washington,
at the mouth of the Columbia.
Ceremony marks completion of I-5 freeway,
nonstop, Washington to California.

1967
Beach Bill approved.

1968
John Day Dam, last remaining damsite
on Columbia River,
dedicated by 'Vice President' Hubert Humphrey.

1969
Department of Environmental Quality,
Federal District Court in Sohappy v. Smith
affirms Indian treaty fishing rights in Columbia River

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The American Beaver, was named Oregon state animal,
by the 1969 Legislature. Prized for its fur,
the beaver was overtrapped by early settlers,
and eliminated from much of its original range.
Through proper management and partial protection,
the beaver has been reestablished in watercourses,
throughout the state,
and remains an important economic asset.

1970
Movies made in Oregon:
Getting Straight - Eugene
Five Easy Pieces - Eugene, Portland (partial)
Sometimes a Great Notion - Florence
The Great Northfield Minn. Raid - Jacksonville
Drive, He Said - Eugene

1971
Bottle Bill approved, first in nation.

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Single member district reapportionment,
for Oregon Legislature.

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Congress confirms Burns Paiute Reservation

1972
Movies made in Oregon:
Napoleon and Samantha - John Day
Lost Horizon - Mt. Hood
Kansas City Bomber - Portland
The Circle - Portland
Death of A Sideshow 1 - Portland
Emperor of the North - Cottage Grove

1973
Statewide Land Use Planning approved.

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Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
ratified.

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Land Conservation Development Commission created.

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Public Meetings Law approved.

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Public Records Law approved.

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Tillamook State Forest created.

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Congress approves Endangered Species Act.

1974
Congress creates,
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

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Oregon Health Sciences University,
forms out of mergers.

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Governor Tom McCall,
sets odd/even gasoline refueling days.

1975
Congress creates
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

1976
Norma Paulus,
was elected Secretary of State,
the first woman elected to state-wide office in Oregon.

1977
March 1, ban on aerosol sprays.
Capitol Wings Addition completed.

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The Confederated Tribe of Siletz,
won restoration of trust relationship.

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Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
reaffirmed.

1978
Congress lists the Oregon Trail,
as a National Historic Trail.

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Death penalty reinstated.

1979
Federal District Court in Kimball v. Callahan,
affirms Klamath Indian hunting and
fishing rights, within former reservation.

1980
Congress creates new Siletz Reservation.
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Mt. St. Helens, erupts with cataclysmic force,
in Southwestern Washington,
devastating 200 sq. miles of popular forestland.
This triggered destructive ash, floods,
mud flows, and river silt. The busy Columbia River,
is temporarily closed,
to deep-draft ships at Portland and Vancouver.

1981
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, establishes Rajneeshpuram.

1982
Cow Creek Band, of Upper Umpqua Indians,
win restoration of trust relationship.

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Betty Roberts,
is the first woman justice of
The Supreme Court of Oregon.

1983
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde,
win restoration of trust relationship.

1984
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians,
win restoration of trust relationship.

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First Oregon lottery, ratified by voters.

1985
Vera Katz,
becomes first woman speaker, of
The Oregon House of Representatives.

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Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, deported and fined $400,000

1986
Klamath Tribe, win restoration of trust relationship.

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MAX
(Metropolitan Area Express)
light rail, begins operation.

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China Gateway,
the second largest in the United States, is dedicated.

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Metropolitan Area Express (MAX),
begins light-rail service in Portland.

1987
Oregon Vietnam Veterans' Living Memorial,
is dedicated in Portland.

1988
State Capitol is 50 years old,
officially listed in Historic Register.

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Grand Ronde Reservation Act signed into law,
reestablishing a 9,811 acre reservation for
The Confederated Tribes
Of The Grand Ronde Community.

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Congress approves Civil Liberties Act,
paying $20,000 to each surviving
interned Japanese-American.

1989
Congress restores Coquille Indian Tribe.

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First Sports Action Lottery, in U.S., sells tickets.

1990
The Northern Spotted Owl,
is listed as a threatened species,
by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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The Oregon Convention Center, is opened.

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Voters passed Ballot Measure 5,
limiting property taxes for schools,
and government operations.

1991
Barbara Roberts,
inaugurated as Oregon's first woman governor.

1992
James A. Hill Jr., is elected as first black state official.

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First gaming compact signed with Cow Creek,
and of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, for casino.

1993
The Oregon Trail 150th Anniversary Celebration.

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Oregon holds the nation's
first statewide vote-by-mail election.

1994
First Death With Dignity Act,
approved, permitting doctor-assisted suicide.

1995
Beverly Clarno, becomes first Republican woman,
to serve as,
Speaker Of The Oregon House of Representatives.

1996
Oregon conducts the first vote-by-mail election,
for a federal office.

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Douglas Franklin Wright,
is executed at the Oregon State Penitentiary;
the state's first in 34 years.

1997

1998

1999

U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife,
lists several salmon species,
from Columbia and Willamette rivers.

A New Milliumn
2000
Movies made in Oregon:
Men Of Honor - Portland, Rainier, Diblee Point
Swordfish -
Bandits - (partial)
Therese: The Story of a Soul - Eugene
State Police (Series) - Eugene

2001
Katie Marie Harman, Miss Oregon,
is crowned Miss America 2002.
She is from Gresham, Oregon.
Age: 21

(2002, coming soon.)

{2003, coming later this year. I want to give it a chance to build up.}