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Indian Battles of the Lower Rogue

by Frank Walsh, 1970

Gold Beach Massacre and Big Bend battle

 

970.4 W34 1970 Library
Return of the Raven

by Edson Chilloquin

Photocopy of this book of Klamath/Modoc life and language. Extensive vocabulary, place names and pronunciation guide.…

790.4 C4 Library
Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished People

by L. S. Cressman, 1977

includes Oregon coast and Eastern Oregon sites

970.4 c74 1977 Library
Covered Wagon Women

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes Vol 11

with entries from the following women…

978 C69 1993 Vol 11 Library
Southwestern Archeology

An introduction to the study of:

by Alfred Vincent Kidder, , 1962, originally published 1924

 

970.489 K53 1962 Library
Covered Wagon Women

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes Vol 9 entries from the following women: Elizabeth…

978 C69 1990 Vol 9 Library
Covered Wagon Women

8 1862-1865; Letters  by Nancy C. Glenn, Louisa Cook, Ellen Tootle, Mary Elizabeth Lightner, Elizabeth Elliott, Harriet A. Loughary, Lucretia…

978 C69 1989 Vol 8 Library
Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts

Book of photos by Ray Manley

970.49 35 1975 Library
Covered Wagon Women Vol 7

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 Vol 7, 1854-1860  entries from the following women: Sarah Sutton, Anna Maria Godell and…

978 C69 1988 Vol 7 Library
Covered Wagon Women, Vol 6 978 c69 1986 Vol 6 Library
Some Newspaper References Conderning Indians and Indian-White Relationships in Northeastern California Chiefly Between 1850 and 1920

large summary of newspaper articles on Northeast California Indians

compiled by Norris Bleyhl 1980

970.494 B54 1979 Library
Covered Wagon Women Vol 5

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 V 5 1852 

the Oregon Trail  Abigail Jane Scott, Polly Coon, Martha S Read,…

978 C69 1986 Vol 5 Library
Covered Wagon Women vol 1

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 Vol 1, 1840-1849  Betsey Bayley, Anna Maria King, Tabitha Brow, the Donner Party…

978 C69 1983 Vol 1 Library
Covered Wagon Women Vol 2 978 C69 1983 Vol 2 Library
Covered Wagon Women Vol 3

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 Vol 3, 1851 Eugenia Zieber, Harriet Buckingham, Jean Rio Baker, Lucia Williams  Edited…

978C69 1984 V 3 Library
Northwest Fights and Fighters

by Cyrus Townsend Brady, 1979

the Nez Perce and Modoc Wars, originally published 1907

970.494 B73 1979 Library
Covered Wagon Women Vol. IV 978 C69 1984 v4 Library
Klamath Prehistory: The prehistory of the culture of the Klamouth Lake Area

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ,New Series, Volume 46 part 4

by L. S. Cressman, 1956

includes Medicine Rock Cave…

970.494 C51 1956 Library
History: Total Loss

North Medford High gym suffers catastrophic damage after Tuesday roof collapse; district says structure will be demolished and rebuilt.  The…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, Or, Schools, North Medford, HS Vertical File Subjects
The Final Days of Medco

Two pages of articles on the closing of Medco:  Medico Mill's death means higher prices for building supplies explains how the price of…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, Or, Businesses, Wood Products. Vertical File Subjects
Furniture Co. leases Store on West Main

Swenson and Peebler Furniture Company of Ashland moves to Medford with employees and entire stock of household Goods.  The building will be…

Vertical File, Subjects, Medford, Or., Businesses, General Vertical File Subjects
A Rich History

Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery marks 150 years and a new metal archway marking the entrance.  Volunteers observed the anniversary with cake and…

Vertical File Subjects, Phoenix, Or, Cemeteries Vertical File Subjects
Talent becomes Olivia's Valley

Michael Learned who plays Olivia Walton on the TV series The Waltons was guest of honor at the ribbon cutting ceremonies at the completion of…

Vertical File Subjects, Talent, Or., Planning Vertical File Subjects
World War ll and Southern Oregon

Dennis Powers page long history of events of World War ll centered on three themes:  Camp White, Japanese Submarine Attacks, and Fire Bombs…

Vertical File Subjects, World War, 1939-1945, World War II Vertical File Subjects
New history center aims for summer opening

Historic Jacksonville is heading a project which will result in a new museum in Jacksonville.  The last museum closed in 2009.  Hoping…

Vertical File Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Museums Vertical File Subjects
The Stories We Haven't told: The Evolving Narrative of Historic Hanley Farm

by Emma Walruff - Capstone project Southern Oregon University 2025 

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Frontier Heritage: A Family History of Our Pioneer Ancestors and Their Descendants in the American West

compiled by Michael J. Moratto and John E. Moratto Family names included in this volume are Ernest Louis Cassel and Naomi Moore Cassel, Forgeys,…

920 Cassel Library
Pacific Northwest Quarterly

April 1992 Vol 83 No 2 includes "Beneath the Hooded Robe: Newspapermen, Local Politics and the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson County, Oregon 1921-1923

Vertical File Subjects - Ku Klux Klan (1922-23) Vertical File Subjects
The Making of a New Western Hero

The Forest Ranger in Popular Fiction, 1900-1940 by Jeff LaLande published in Journal of Forestry November 2000 pages 43-50 includes a copy of a…

VF Rogue River National Forest Vertical File Subjects
Underside 973 U53 1974 V. 1 Library