The Oregonian marks 175 years as the West’s longest-running newspaper

Published on: 11/30/2025

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The Oregonian building located at Southeast 6th Avenue and Alder Street. The very first printed edition of The Oregonian published Dec. 4, 1850. The paper is part of the archive of the Oregon Historical Society. The Oregonian office location in downtown Portland. Photo courtesy Oregon Historical Society Clark Gable, once a paperboy for The Oregonian, looks over a copy of the print edition. Editor Ronald Callvert, also an editorial writer, won the Pulitzer Prize for an editorial he wrote in 1939 at The Oregonian. Inside the composing room of The Oregonian, circa 1880. Inside the Oregonian composing room, a man at left is identified as “prob Pres Harding” by the Oregon Historical Society. The reverse side of the image taken Inside the Oregonian composing room, where a man at left was identified as “prob Pres Harding” by the Oregon Historical Society. Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society, on Nov. 12, 2025. A piece of paper featuring potential headlines is tacked to a pipe in the pressroom of The Oregonian. The reverse side of the image of possible Hitler headlines. Illustrations of scenes in and around Portland, produced by The Oregonian in 1899. Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society, looks at the first edition of The Oregonian, printed in December, 1850. The Oregonian building at Southeast 6th Avenue and Alder Street. A three-alarm fire that began in the newspaper’s pressroom, according to a caption published about the 1947 fire. The Weekly Oregonian in March, 1859, when news of Oregon statehood did not make the front page. News of Oregon statehood didn’t make the front page of The Oregonian in March, 1859, when the story was published. A look back at The Oregonian for an earlier anniversary, published in The Oregonian. Morning Oregonian trucks. Photo courtesy Oregon Historical Society