A view of Camp Day, Oregon. Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. A group of soldiers holding rifles stand in a line in front of a small grouping of white tents in a clearing surrounded by ponderosa pines. The soldiers are from Company L, Third Artillery division attached to Fort Umpqua at the Oregon Coast. The typed caption glued below the bristol board on the front of the photograph reads, "Co. "L" 3rd. Artillery, Camp Day, Oregon. About 1857 or 1858. Taken By Lorenzo Lorain, U. S. A. Donated to Oregon Historical Society, 1946, by S. H. Lorain, Albany, Oregon."
Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. The military expedition was a response to reports of potential conflicts between members of the Klamath and Modoc people and Euro-American settlers concerning land use and territorial rights.
Image note: provided caption includes incorrect date for photograph. For duplicate copies of this photograph, see OrgLot1416_F01_003 and OrgLot1416_F01_004.

A salt print photograph from page 7 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts a block house at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. Three people sit by the building's entrance to the right of the photograph. A person standing beside a horse and wagon are on the left side of the photograph. Handwritten captions below the photograph read, "Block House on Columbia River Trail," and, "[no- Fort Umpqua]."
Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_003 includes a duplicate print.

Two salt print photographs from page 11 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The top photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man wearing a military uniform. The man is likely associated with Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. The lower photograph is of a cabin on the banks of a river. The photograph was likely taken near Fort Umpqua.

Two salt print photographs from page 13 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The top photograph depicts two unidentified women sitting on the front porch of a cabin. The photograph was likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. The second photograph depicts a group of people standing on the banks of a river. Several low structures and tents are visible to the left side of the photograph. The identities of the people and the exact location in the photograph are unknown, but the photograph was likely depicts members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua. The low structures are believed to be plank houses and windbreaks.

One salt print photograph from page 23 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts a grouping of cabins at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. A group of unidentified men and woman are gathered around a baby pram on the front porch of the closest cabin.

One salt print photograph from page 25 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph shows a hewn-log building with a brick chimney and a long covered porch surrounded by trees at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. A duplicate print of this photograph identifies the building as the Quarters of Co. L 3rd Artillery. The fort blockhouse is visible in the background immediately behind the building.
Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_002 is a duplicate print.

One salt print photograph from page 27 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts the hospital and Laundress quarters at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_001 is a duplicate print.

One salt print photograph from page 39 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts an unidentified group of people standing beside a small log cabin on the bank of a river. There is a wooden bridge visible in the background behind them. The location of the photograph is unknown, but it is likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.

Transcription of a letter written by Edward Henry Lenox to Thomas Alexander Wood. Lenox describes some of his experiences immigrating to Oregon in 1843, specifically an incident when James Willis Nesmith saved someone from drowning. He also mentions writing a book (presumably the book "Overland to Oregon: in the Tracks of Lewis and Clark, History of the First Emigration to Oregon in 1843"). Lenox requests Wood provide a list of names of the Nesmith family. This document is written on Oregon Historical Society letterhead.

Miss Frantz, four others, and a dog on the porch of a log cabin built on a hillside. Logs and stumps are visible in the foreground.

A log cabin in the snow. A person and dog are visible on the far right.

A clearing and cabin with an adjoining woodshed in a forested area surrounded by a fence. Stumps and wood piles are visible in the area.

Harry Henry and family, including a dog, on the front porch of their cabin. The cabin is built of logs and shakes.

A rail fence and clearing in a forested area, possibly on a homestead in southern Oregon.

Group portrait of twelve people at a campsite with a covered wagon. Seven of them stand with bicycles. Cited as being at Grove, Oregon. A woman sits on the ground with two children in her lap, they are likely Ella, Howard, and Myrtle Burnham.

Group portrait of fourteen people by a tent and covered wagon at Government Camp. Horses and a dog are also present. A mountain is visible in the background, likely Mt. Hood.

Ella Burnham sitting on her cabin porch. Howard and Myrtle Burnham are visible in the top right, perching on the woodshed. Original caption indicates that their homestead was a few miles north of Grants Pass.

The homesteads of Harry Henry and Allison Burnham, located at Mountain, Oregon, southeast of Sexton Mt. and north of Grants Pass.

Allison and Ella Burnham with their children Howard and Myrtle posed in front of their homestead cabin in Mountain, Oregon.

The kitchen/pantry corner of the Burnham log cabin in Josephine County, including a possum belly baker's table. Split cedar is used for the roof and shelving.

The bedroom corner of the Burnham log cabin. There is paper covering the walls and a patchwork quilt on the bed. An American flag and several photographs hang on the wall above the bed. The folder caption reads, "No. corner of Burnham log cabin "with the cow under the bed." There is a case of canned condensed milk just visible beneath bed."

A wood cook stove in the east corner of the Burnham cabin. A wash basin, mirror, drainboard, and the corner of the dining table are visible.

Southwest interior wall of the Burnham cabin. A wicker rocker is next to a table draped with a Turkish style throw.

Ella Burnham sits in a rocker sewing while Howard and Myrtle Burnham play on a bed. Howard holds a book and there is a doll sitting next to Myrtle. A sewing machine is visible beneath the window.

The Burnham cabin and post office in Mountain, Oregon. Caption states, "Allison [Burnham] became postmaster at this locale in 1908." Howard Burnham puts a letter in the slot while Myrtle Burnham watches.

A group of eleven people, many of which are holding bicycles, standing in a wooded area. A covered wagon is visible in the background on the right side.

Four people sit at a dining table in the corner of a room. There are cups and dishes on the table. Various items are visible hanging on the wall, including guns, hats, pelts, and banners. Photograph title comes from the original print inventory caption.