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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon History and Early Literature | John B. Horner, 1931, illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps, folk lore, Indians, prehistory, 19th c., early 20th c., territorial governance… |
979.5 H81 | Library | |
| A Short History of Oregon | John B. Horner, 1924, illustrated with photographs and sketches, chapters ordered chronologically and by epochs, prehistory to early 20th c.,… |
979.5 H78 | Library | |
| Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature | John B. Horner, 1921, illustrated with photographs, sketches, and maps, chapters ordered chronologically with biographies, early exploration, fur… |
979.5 H78 | Library | |
| On to Oregon: A True Story | Adrietta Applegate Hixon, 1947, Mary Ellen Todd's journey into the west beginning in 1852, later wife of John Applegate, Old Oregon Trail,… |
979.5 HIX | Library | |
| The Centennial History of Oregon: 1811-1911 vol. 4 | 1912, biographies, illustrated with photographs, two copies |
979.5 G38 | Library | |
| The Centennial History of Oregon: 1811-1911 vol. 3 | 1912, biographies, illustrated with photographs, two copies |
979.5 G38 | Library | |
| The Centennial History of Oregon: 1811-1911 vol. 2 | 1912, biographies, illustrated with photographs, two copies |
979.5 C38 | Library | |
| The Centennial History of Oregon: 1811-1911 vol. 1 | Joseph Gaston, 1912, illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps, chapters ordered chronologically from 1492 to 1912, early exploration, fur… |
979.5 G38 | Library | |
| A History of the Pacific Northwest | George W. Fuller, 1960 (1931), with emphasis on the Inland Empire, includes geography, prehistory, ethnohistory, early European and Euro-American… |
979.5 Fu | Library | |
| An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur & Harney Counties | An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur & Harney Counties (big volume!) |
979.57 W48 1902 | Library | |
| Shaniko People | Shaniko (Oregon) People by Helen Guyton Rees ***book is autographed by Rees**** the people, "life in the new town", memories of the times,… |
979.562 R43 1983 | Library | |
| Shankiko From Wook Capital to Ghost Town | Shaniko From Wool Capital to Ghost Town by Helen Guyton Rees Shaniko Hotel, 1901 Fen Batty opened as Columbia Southern Hotel round-up… |
979.562 R43 1982 | Library | |
| 'Twas Many Years Since...Waverley Area 1847-1947 | 'Twas Many Years Since; 100 Years in the Waverley Area 1847-1947 by Elizabeth F. Dimon Luellings and the Meeks; the 1850s; Lamberts and… |
979.549 D54 1981 | Library | |
| Timberline Lodge | Timberline Lodge edited by Rachael Griffin and Sarah Munro friends of Timberline, Portland, Oregon (John A. Mills, exec. secy) … |
979.549 T54 1978 | Library | |
| A Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America | Gabriel Franchere, 1968, Milo Milton Quaife, disembark in Oregon, Astoria, Columbia |
979.5 F85 | Library | |
| This Side of Oregon | Ralph Friedman, 1985, Phoebe Friedman photographs, early history, Blue Bucket Mine, James O'Neal, early pioneers |
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| East of the Cascades | East of the Cascades by Phil F. Brogan 1965 copyrighted 1964 by Binfords & Mort text and photos to tell story of… |
979.55 B75 1965 | Library | |
| Oregon Ghost Towns | Lambert Florin, 1970, Jacksonville, Kerby, Kernville, photographs |
979.5 F56 | Library | |
| Adventure at Astoria 1810-1814 | Gabriel Franchere, 1967, Hoyt C. Franchere, voyages on the ship Tonquin up the northwest coast of North America, Astoria Enterprise,… |
979.5 F8 | Library | |
| History of Hood River County | History of Hood River County 1852 Oregon 1982 copyrighted by the Hood River County Historical Society 1982 book… |
979.561 H67 1982 | Library | |
| Early History: Northern California Southern Oregon | Eugene M. French, Pat French, 1995, Ashland Daily Tidings, C. B. Watson |
979.5 F7 | Library | |
| Religion as an Influence in Life and Thought: Jackson County, Oregon, 1860-1890 | Wallace D. Farnham, 1955, thesis, Department of History, University of Oregon, John Doe, John Barleycorn |
979.5 FA | Library | |
| Pioneer Landmarks | Washington County Historical Society's Pioneer Landmarks by Clyde Keller copyrighted 1978 by Washington County Historical Society… |
979.543 K44 1978 | Library | |
| Oregon's Main Street: U.S. Highway 99 "The Folk History" | Pat Edwards, 2017, Jo-Brew, southern Oregon to the Interstate Bridge, newspaper excerpts, historical overview with folk narratives, photographs |
979.5 E39 | Library | |
| The Applegate Trail of 1846: A Documentary Guide to the Original Southern Emigrant Route to Oregon | William Emerson, 1996, early Oregon Territory history, the California Trail, Rogue Valley, Umpqua, Willamette Valley, glossary of wagon terms,… |
979.5 E53 | Library | |
| Environment and Experience--Settlement Culture in 19th Century OR | Environment and Experience Settlement Culture in Nineteenth-Century Oregon by Peter G. Boag University of California Press,… |
979.535 B66 1992 | Library | |
| Uncertain Encounters: Indians and Whites at Peace and War in Southern Oregon 1820s to 1860s | Nathan Douthit, 2002, Hudson's Bay Company, Rogue River War, estimates of Indian populations and mortality, statistical tables, illustrated with… |
979.5 D72 2002 | Library | |
| A Guide to Oregon South Coast History: Traveling the Jedediah Smith Trail | Nathan Douthit, 1999, illustrated with maps, photos, and illustrations, Florence to Bandon, Part 1: History, Part 2: Historic places, sites, and… |
979.5 D68 1999 | Library | |
| Lane County | Lane County, An Illustrated History of the Emerald Empire, by Dorothy Velasco including Native American history, settlers come out Oregon… |
979.531 V43 1985 | Library | |
| Oregon: A History | Gordon B. Dodds, 1977, early history (1500) to the 1970s, with illustrations, maps, and photographs |
979.5 D63 1977 | Library |