Dr. Know How come Oregon’s Harney County is named after a guy who beat his slave girl to death and led troops in slaughtering 86 Indian men, women and...   More

Dr. Know In cycling the highways and byways surrounding Portland, I’ve run across several old buildings with names like “Tigard Grange” or “Milwaukie Grange.” What’s a grange? Were these the pi   More

Dr. Know (Author’s note: Final installment for “Oregon History Month.” By now, you should almost believe it’s real.) Was it once illegal to be African-American in Oregon? I’ve heard that black t   More

Dr. Know (Author’s note: In honor of Oregon History Month, an observance I made up, I’m devoting July to history questions.) I recently...   More

Dr. Know Oregon was the last British territory in the U.S.—did the English stick around when the New...   More