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Diary of David Hobart Taylor, 1862

Camp Baker

photocopy of diary and transcription of diary at Oregon Historical Society

additional copy in MS107

920 T39 1862 Library
From Abbott Butte to Zimmerman Burn

of the Rogue River National Forest by Jeff LaLande, 1995 

3 copies 

917.952 L34 1995 Library
Union Creek Fact Sheet 1

AOHS FAct Sheet series #1

917.952 S7 Library
Recreation Resources of the Rogue River Basin

1954 study done by the US Department of Interior for the Rogue Basin Project

917.952 U55 1954 Library
Prehistoric Siskiyou Island and Marble Halls of Oregon

photocopy of book by C. B. Watson, 1909

geology

917.952 W38 1909 Library
Charles Skeeters

Genealogical information found in the back of a scrapbook in box M25 D2 for Joseph, Marggie, Julia, Albert, Mrs. Joseph (Maggie Scranton…

Vertical File, Biography -Skeeters Vertical File Biographies
Joseph Scranton

Genealogical information found in the back of a scrapbook in box M25 D2 for Joseph, Marggie, Julia, Albert, Mrs. Joseph (Maggie Scranton Taylor…

Vertical File, Biography -SC Vertical File Biographies
Album, Photograph

1964.203.5.2 Hard front cover with flowers and a girl in blue and white belonged to Millie Hodges Walker and was donated by her daughter Mrs.…

M25 E 4 Mezzanine List
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