Transportation -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century

The collection contains a typed copy of a letter dated October 20, 1889, from C. S. Culver of Mantorville, Minnesota, to his brother and sister Lucius and Amanda Culver. The letter is a description of transportation facilities and natural resources of Oregon during 1889.

People's Transportation Co. of Salem, Oregon was incorporated in 1862 and sold in 1871 to the Willamette Transportation Co. The collection (1860 - 1868) contains shipping bills and cargo manifests.

The Vancouver Transportation company was headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The collection (1888-1891) contains correspondence, invoices, statements, and two volumes of purser's reports.

Willamette Falls Canal company was one of the companies agitating for the right to to build a canal to ship goods over the Willamette Falls in Oregon. The collection contains articles of incorporation and a legal notice, dated August 25, 1865 on behalf of the Willamette Falls Canal company stating their right-of-way to build a canal