East of the Cascades by Phil F. Brogan 1965 copyrighted 1964 by Binfords & Mort
text and photos to tell story of rangeland country east of the Oregon Cascades
Fort Rock cave men, early explorers, central Oregon Indians, settlers of the open range, cattle barons, sheep in High Country, range wars, horses on the desert (including "horse king" William Walter Brown), towns, vigilantes, Silver Lake, 1894 fire tragedy took 43 people who were above F.M. Christman's store, Fort Rock, Freemont, Bend, law in the Sage Country, "battle of the gorge", sawmills on the Deschutes, Oregon's High Desert, scenic geology
Chronology from 1825 Peter Skene Ogden's first recorded exploration of Central Oregon through 1964 with Kah-nee-ta Hot Springs Resort on Warm Springs Reservation placed in use, completion of Portland General Electric Company's Pelton-Round Butte hydroelectric project, Christmas flood of 1964 due to heavy rain and melting snow--greatest head of water in history