800 Summer Street NE
State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
The Oregon State Archive Building opened in 1991. The two story building contains 50,000 square feet or area and features underground parking for 26 vehicles. The exterior is made of marble and granite. Engraved in the exterior walls and the surrounding pavement are several quotes related to Oregon. They are as follows:
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
WITHIN
ARE RECORDED
THE COMMON WORDS
OF THE
UNCOMMON PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF OREGON
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
On death of wife
his mind became affected,
and he abandoned land,
left all his effects
except clothes he wore,
horse he rode.
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
More fiddles
than Bibles,
more cards
than hymns,
more dirks & pistols
than books
for the cultivation
of morals…
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
Crossed the big Nemaha,
a dangerous stream…
encamped for the night…
broke two ox yokes
ascending the bank of the stream.
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
Whereas,
the women of Oregon, after long and patient effort,
have persuaded the men of the state
to place them upon a footing of political equality
by granting them the right of suffrage…
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
We all had to walk.
Sometimes I had to put by babe on the ground
and help to keep the wagon from turning over.
Often I would be behind, out of sight of the wagon,
tugging and carrying my little ones along.
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
& you will find
that it is not such an awful thing
to cross the Cascades afterall,
altho it may appear,
that some of the hills
will have no end
to the going down part.
Inscription at the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
I am greatly sore and tired
having come all day across these dark Mountains
in unending
rain.
Mill Creek near the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
Mill Creek flows between the State Archive Building and the Veterans' Building.
Mill Creek near the State Archive Building on September 9, 2006
A trail along the State Archive Building's side of the creek is part of the Mill Creek Watershed Education Program, which was funded in part by the Oregon State Lottery and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Governor's Watershed Enhancement Board.
Mill Creek Watershed Education Program Plaque, Sept. 9, 2006
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