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Ancient Modocs of California and Oregon

by Carrol B. Howe . 1979 Contents: The Discovery of Nightfire Island, The Cradle, Life from the Sky, Animal Foods of the Modoc, Nurture and…

970.3 M63 1978
The Modoc War

Its Military History and Topography by Erwin N. Thompson 1971. A study in cultural conflict.

970.494 T46 1971
The Navaho

by Clyde Kluckhohn and Dorthea Leighton. 1962  New Mexico and Arizona Navaho Indians 

Modoc Vengeance

The 1873 Modoc War in Northern California and Southern Oregon as reported in the newspapers of the day.  Compiled and edited by Daniel…

970.494 W6
Archeological Test Excavations of Ten Upland Sites on the Applegate Ranger District

by Lou Ann Nicholls, David R. Brauner, Shelley Smith 1983.  All sites have prehistoric material and one has historical material

970.495 A73 1983
Religious Ideas of the Takelma Indians of Southwestern Oregon

by Edward Sapir from Journal of American Folklife Vol 20 no. 76 (Jan- Mar 1907) pp 33-40

970.3 R63 1907a
Oregon Indians, Voices from Two Centuries

Edited by Stephen Dow Beckham, 2006.  Commentary by Native Americans about events affecting their lives in Oregon.  Seven thematic…

970.495 B39 2006
The Tolowa and Their Southwest Oregon Kin

by Philip Drucker University of California Publications in American Archeology and Ethnology, Vol 28 1936 Includes Tolowa towns and settlements,…

970.3 T69 1936
The Journal of California Anthropology Winter 1977

Imagemakers of the Modoc War: Louis Heller and Eadweard Muybridge by Peter Palmquist, page 206

970.494 P38
Tribes of California

Classic of American Indian ethnography. originally published in 1877 in its complete form by Stephen Powers, Introduction and Annotation by Robert…

970.494 F69 1976
The Modoc War -- A Symposium

The Journal of the Shaw Historical Library Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 1988, A Native View by Thomas Doty, The Modoc War -- A Mirror tot he Future by…

970.494 S53
Hell with the Fire Out

A History of the Modoc War by Arthur Quinn 1997. Alfred B Meacham, Klamaths, Lava Beds, Lucretia Mott, Ulysses S. Grant

970.494 Q7
Jacksonville Historical Survey, Volume II

Researched, written and photographed by Gail E. H. Evans.  Formally presented to the CITY OF JACKSONVILLE by ALLEN, McMATH, HAWKINS…

979.5285 E93
Jacksonville Historical Survey, Volume I

Researched, written and photographed by Gail E. H. Evans.  Formally presented to the CITY OF JACKSONVILLE by ALLEN, McMATH, HAWKINS…

979.5285 E93 Volume I
Logging the Rogue Valley

by Barbara Hegne Author interviewed Elga Abbott, Lewis Biden, Howard and Mona Bishop, Dave Bliss, Frank Boothby, Bud Chandler, Sharold Chapman,…

634.982 H4 1991
Historic Area Study of Jacksonville

An Early Oregon Mining and Agricultural Settlement by Marion Dean Ross and Christopher Owens. 1971.  Anderson and Glenn Store, Beekman's Bank…

979.5285 R68 1979
Historical Area Study of Jacksonville

An Early Oregon Mining and Agricultural Settlement by Marion Dean Ross and Christopher Owens. 1971.  Anderson and Glenn Store, Beekman's Bank…

979.5285 R68 1975 (working copy)
One Hundred Twenty-Three Years' Search for Community

The unwearied effort for Public Education in Jackson County, Oregon 1854-1976 by Margaret Nesheim.1979 includes school districts 1-103 dates of…

979.527 N48 1979
Overview of the Environment of Native Inhabitants of Southwestern Oregon Late Prehistoric Era

by Reg Pullen. 1996. Native ecosystems of the Applegate and Illinois River watersheds of southwestern Oregon. Dakubetede and Gusladada peoples.…

970.495 O96 1996 copy 2
The People are Dancing Again

by Charles Wilkinson The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon . Maps, Photographs and illustrations 

979.5 W55
Takelmas and Other Tribes

compiled by Jeannette L. Lancaster, Jackson County Library Inservice Fall 1992

979.500497 Takelmas
The Siletz Indian Reservation 1855-1900

by William Eugene Kent. 1973. Portland State University Subjects include: removal of the tribes - The First Year, Reservation Garrison, Government…

970.495 K45 1977
Southern Route to Western Oregon 1846

by W.A. Moxley  Oregon Historical Society - Overland Documents Collection Surnames Pringle, Owens, Henderson, Applegate, Vanderpool, Scott,…

979.5 MOX
History of Trinity Episcopal Church Ashland, OR

by Earl R. Kirby

PAM 979.5281 K57 1961
Homelands of the Siskiyou Divide

An ethnography of American Indian Communities Traditional Ties to Oregon Caves National Monument and Vicinity by Douglas Deur 2008

979.525 D3
Cow Creek Valley Memories

The early settlers of Riddle, Oregon. 1971. by John M. Cornutt  signed by author in 1971

979.529 C67
Indian Wars of the Rogue River

by Dorothy and Jack Sutton Josephine County Historical Society.1969 includes Lupton massacre and next day killing spree of white miners and…

970.495 S97 1969
Religion as an Influence in Life and Thought

by ____ Farnham. typed manuscript. Indexed  many mentions of John Beeson. Religious development in Jackson County, Oregon

979.527 F37 1955 V.3
Episcopal Trinity Church History Ashland, Oregon

by Tom Paterson 1958

PAM 979.5281
Aboriginal Clay Figurines From the Rogue River Area

by Lyman Deich of the BLM 1977

970.3 R63 1978