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A Historical Overview of Roxy Ann Peak and Prescott Park

Jeffrey M. LaLande, 1983, Medford Parks and Recreation, geologic and human history, Civilian Conservation Corps, Bear Creek Valley, Takelma…

979.527 L34 1983 Library
Stories of Old Oregon

Stories of Old Oregon by George A. Waggoner    copyrighted December 29, 1904

"to the pioneers of Oregon"

Oregon's pioneers,…

979.5 W33 1905 Library
The Builders of Timberline Lodge

The Builders of Timberline Lodge

from the Works Progress Administration, Portland, Oregon, 1937

written by the Writer's Project;

979.5 W926 1937 Library
The DeAutremont Brothers: America's Last Great Train Robbery

Margaret LaPlante, 2009, crime, forensics, Gold Special Train 13, Tunnel 13, 1923, transportation, early 20th c. manhunt, illustrated with…

979.527 L35 Library
The River of the West, volume two

The River of the West, The Adventures of Joe Meek              by Frances Fuller Victor  1870 Hartford,…

979.5 V64 1985 v.2 Library
Early Jackson County Toll Roads, Tunnels, Ferries, and Bridges

Mark E. Lawrence, 1982, SOHS Trail Committee, transportation, Rogue Valley, Applegate Trail, includes maps

979.527 L39 1982 Library
An Early History of Table Rock, two copies

Katherine (Nealon) Huntress Leavitt, 1968, geological history, Indians, Euro-American settlers, agriculture, transportation, 1850-ca. 1933,…

979.527 L41 (copy two) Library
The Nealons of Table Rock

Katherine Nealon Huntress Leavitt, 1973, oral history, vital statistics, folklore, personal correspondence, Stephen Myers Nealon, Mary Eliza…

979.527 L42 Library
The River of the West, volume one

The River of the West, The Adventures of Joe Meek, volume one The Mountain Years, 

by Frances Fuller Victor; volume edited by Winfred…

979.5 V64 1983/v. 1 Library
The History of Library Services in Medford and Jackson County

Kay Ledward, 1968, youth services, school services, public services, censorship policies, use of materials, Medford library board, illustrated…

979.527 L43 1968 Library
The River of the West

The River of the West    

Life and Adventure in the Rocky Rountains and Oregon; Embracing Events in the Life-time of a Mountain-…

979.5 V52 1870 Library
A Population Survey of Eden Precinct: 1860, 1870, 1880

Audrey Lytle, 1958, Talent, Oregon, paper submitted to Dr. Francis Haines for the course History of the Pacific Northwest, December 15, 1958, 6…

979.527 L98 1958 Library
History of Oregon

History of Oregon    by Ephraim W. Tucker         (1970 copy)

"containing a condensed account of the most…

979.5 T82 1970 Library
Land in Common: An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Oregon, three copies

Joy B. Dunn (ed.), Natalie Brown (art director), 1993, forward by Samuel J. Wegner, introduction by Richard Maxwell Brown, chapters ordered…

979.527 L25 1993 Library
Oregon Argonauts

Oregon Argonauts

Merchant Adventurers on the Western Frontier

by Arhtur L. Throckmorton            …

979.5 T47 1961 Library
Sojourners in the Oregon Siskiyous: Adaptation and Acculturation of the Chinese Miners in the Applegate Valley, ca. 1855-1900

Jeffrey Max LaLande, 1981, MA Thesis, Oregon State University, southwestern Oregon, voluntary and involuntary acculturative behavior, historic…

979.527 L34 1981 Library
A Guide to the Study and Reading of the History of the Pacific Northwest

A Guide to the Study and Reading of the History of the Pacific Northwest

by Arthur Samuel Taylor, Associate Professor of Social Science,…

979.5 T39 1935 Library
The Hood River Issei

The Hood River Issei

An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley  by Linda Tamura

The Asian American…

979.5 T15 1993 Library
An Inventory and Evaluation of Cultural Resources Within the Proposed Kanaka Gulch Campground Area, Jackson County, Oregon, C. R. Job RR-284

Jeffrey M. LaLande, 1979, USDA Rogue River National Forest, 35JA43, 35JA115, archaeological survey, Dorn Cabin, prehistoric lithic scatter,…

979.527 L34 1979 Library
An Environmental History of the Little Applegate River Watershed

Jeff LaLande, 1995, human-environment interaction, historic overview, natural events, human effects on the landscape, 20th c. vegetational change…

979.527 Library
The Pictorial History of Southern Oregon and Northern California

The Pictorial History of Southern Oregon and Northern California      by Jack Sutton

copyright 1959

printed by The…

979.5 Su 1959 Library
The Oregon Trail Revisited (3 copies)

Written by Gregory M. Franzwa (1988). In two parts, this book offers a brief history on the Oregon Trail and modern traveler advise on visiting…

917.8 F73 1988 Library
Over the Applegate Trail to Oregon in 1846 (3 copies)

Written by Bert Webber (1996). This book covers an overview of the Applegate Trail. People covered in this book are- J. Quinn Thornton, Mrs.…

917.8 W37 1996 Library
The Oregon and Applegate Trail: The Diary of Welborn Beeson in 1853 (3 copies)

Written by Welborn Beeson with an Introduction by Bert Webber. This is an unabridged diary of Welborn Beeson that offers a primary resource of an…

PAM 917.8 B41 1993 Library
Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: Volume 1 A-F (2 copies)

Written by Dan Thrapp (1990). This encyclopedia covers approximately 4,500 frontier figures. Paperback 547 pages.

920.073 T52 1990 V1 Library
Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff (2 copies)

Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines (1949). This books is a collection J. Goldsborough Bruff records from 1849-1851.

Hardcover 562…

917.94 B78 1949 Library
Great Trails of the West

Written by Richard Dunlap (1971). This book covers different trails heading west. Trails covered are: Santa Fe Trail, Applegate Trail, Oregon…

917.9 DUN 1971 Library
The Great West

Edited by Charles Neider (1997). In three parts, this books is a collection of works that provides an expansive overview of the history of the…

978 NEI 1958 Library
The California and Oregon Trail

Written by Francis Parkman Jr. (1849). Very fragile copy. Please do not open unless have to.

This cover Parkmans 1846 journey along the…

978 PAR 1849 Library
The Gold Rush Trail and the Road to Oregon

Written by Todd Webb (1963). In four parts this chronicles the trails to California and Oregon. 

Part 1- The Prelude

Part 2- The…

978 WEB 1963 Library