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The Frances Building and Echo Theater in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon is a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1911, it was added to the register in 1994. [2] The Frances Building is a two-story structure that faces Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, while the Echo Theatre is a one-story structure ...
Francis Parkman. Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature.
Frances Auretta Victor ( née Fuller; formerly Barritt; pen names: Florence Fane, [1] Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 – November 14, 1902) [1] was an American historian and historical novelist. She has been described as "the first Oregon historian to gain regional and national attention." [2] She was known for her books about the West and ...
Oregon ( / ˈɒrɪɡən, - ɡɒn / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is a part of the Western United States, with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
French Settlement is the original name of Melrose, Oregon and its neighbouring valleys in Douglas County including Flournoy, Garden and Coles valleys. It is along the west side of the South Umpqua River South of its fork, a few miles West of Roseburg in Southern Oregon, West of Interstate 5. [1] It roughly occupies a stretch of 8 miles by 4 ...
1849. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life (also published as The California & Oregon Trail) is a book written by Francis Parkman. It was initially serialized in twenty-one installments in Knickerbocker's Magazine (1847–49) and subsequently published as a book in 1849. The book is a first-person account of a 2-month ...
Prine was born on 1 January 1841 in Jackson County, Missouri, 12 miles (19 km) east of Kansas City. His parents were Francis "Frank" Prine and Alice Elizabeth "Elsie" (née Dealy) Prine. In 1853, Prine's family left Missouri for Oregon. Prine was only 12 years old, but he drove one of the family's wagons and took his turn standing guard at ...
Frances J. White. Frances J. White is a British biological anthropologist, professor, and primatologist at the University of Oregon. [1] As a behavioral ecologist, her research focuses on the evolution of primate sociality and social systems. She has studied the socioecology of the bonobo chimpanzee ( Pan paniscus) for over 35 years at Lomako ...