The SOHS Library is OPEN to the public at 106 N. Central Avenue in Medford, with FREE access to the SOHS Archives, from 12:00 - 4:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Appointments are not necessary. Please contact library@sohs.org, or call 541-622-2025 ex 200 to ask questions or request research.

 

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 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

Location
979.55 B75 1965
Source Reference
Accession Number
# 66.83