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Prior to the early 1870s, Long Creek Valley was an isolated oasis of bunch grass and wildlife surrounded by rugged, heavily timbered mountains. Drawing on a range of sources to bring to life the people who scratched out a community based on cattle and sheep raising, kinship ties, and shared social values, this book shows how Long Creek developed.

From public power to civil liberties and equal rights, Judge Gus J Solomon was a grassroots liberal leader who helped shape the way Oregonians live. This work tells the story of this smart and combative figure against the backdrop of twentieth-century American law, politics, and life.

Showcases works of art--drawings, fiber arts, prints, sculpture, mixed media, and paintings in acrylic, oil, and watercolor--that celebrate the natural bounty of the Northwest and the stewardship necessary to maintain it.

Indian tribes, environmental activists, tourism promoters, and keelboat re-enactors saw the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial as a rare opportunity. This title follows the planning of the Bicentennial. It ranges from Monticello and Washington, DC, down the length of the Missouri, and over the Rockies to the Pacific, depicting the West.

Embraces the many facets of journalism history in Oregon and Washington by considering both mainstream media and specialized publications, such as those devoted to Native American, ethnic, and immigrant communities and the feminist and suffrage press. This book provides an annotated bibliography of this subject for the study of journalism history.

A guide to Gorge wildflower species with 744 entries, each with a full-color photo. Includes field trips, glossary, blooming dates, and a foldout, waterproof map.

During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Willamette River served as the primary means of transportation for both people and goods in Oregon's Willamette Valley. This work offers a portrait of the Willamette River at a time when it was the bustling center of commerce and settlement. It also includes maps, and historic photographs.

Talks about the great botanist and explorer David Douglas and his travels through the Pacific Northwest in 1824-25. This work provides an account of Douglas and a description of what life was like for many different people in the region in the years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

This volume details the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905.

The career of Wayne Morse, Oregon's maverick senator (1944-68), offers insights on political issues that shaped the twentieth century. This title intends to capture the vitality of a man who became dean of the University of Oregon Law School at age thirty-two. It offers a critical look at several decades of US politics.