Chinaricanbeast

Review of Portland Historical Society

Beautiful displays and such, but the content is la...

Beautiful displays and such, but the content is lacking. Only a sentence or so on the fascinating Bannoc War (Seattle was warned of the attack by Chief Seattle's daughter saving the city!) Modoc War (General Canby only General killed in NativeAm Wars) , Snake/Rogue River Wars (Expensive!) and other important Oregonian figures. For example MacLoughlin the 'Father of Oregon' married a Chinook and established the impressive fort in Vancouver we still see today, but the only mention we have is that he authorized an 'unjust' attack on Yaqui- an often hostile group that often preyed on local Cowlitz, Klamath and Siletz bands. Could've used some context there to form our own opinion of him. Another example was a bullet point about six catholic sisters settling a school. In reality the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur wanted to pursue a mission field but didn't knew where so wrote to the local bishop, who said we could use help in Garibaldi. He meant Italy, but the ladies went from Antwerp across the Atlantic on the Oregonian trail to Oregon Territory to Garibaldi, Tillamook County. We hear about Vanport but what about Bayocean? I understand we have Fort Stevens and Lewis and Clark Museum to focus on WW2 and the pioneers more, respectively, but urban Oregonians could've really learn a lot more from this prime location downtown.
Bookstore tiny, they cited several literary works about Oregon from late 19th early 20th century that would've been cool to include in the bookstore.