Mathew P. Deady represents, more than any other historic figure,  the perplexing  dual-histories  of the state of Oregon.  There are two Master Narratives here--  one, that of the courageous,  hard working and self-reliant pioneers who struggled over the deserts and mountains to found a democratic American  outpost out here on the Pacific Frontier.
         
But there's another narrative which tells of a mass of white Euro-Americans who flooded the valley, drove out the long-time inhabitants , mucked up the environment, and created institutions for "whites only."
Deady himself was at the epicenter of both those stories.  How do we  now, after all these years, resolve these conflicting visions of our  state and our university?