Cultural Resource Overview of the Siskiyou National Forest by Stephen Dow Beckham with Glenn D. Hartmann
final report of a Cultural Resource Overview prepared under agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, Siskiyou National Forest, Grants Pass, Oregon (Contract 43-04Q1-1383) submitted in fulfillment of agreement by Stephen Dow Beckham, Cultural Resource Consultant, 1389 S.W. Hood View Lane, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Stephen Dow Beckham, Associate Professor of History,Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 97219 1978
geography, geology and ecology of the area. ethnographic identifies cultures of Athabaskans and Takelma of southwest Oregon at the period of historic contact with likelihood of people living in the region over the past 7,000 years.
by 1850s, region had become major mining frontier in the Pacific Northwest, then on to subsistance living, cattle raising, fishing, and long & lumbering. folklore section illustrates the lively folk culture which emerged in the canyons of the Rogue and Illinois rivers. information includes exploration by Spanish, English, Russian, French, and the maritime fur trade; chapters explore Indian-White relations; 19th Century Settlements: Coquille Valley, Northern Curry County, Lower Rogue River, Southern Curry County, Illinois Valley and Rogue River Canyon; Mining: Stream Placer, Beach Placer, Lode, Mining Areas+Coal & Copper Mining
reviews economic patterns including mining, fishing, logging & lumbering, tourism; folkore and folklife explored; notations re government actions with early Federal involvement, county governments and Siskiyou National Forest
maps included: general project area, physiographic and geological provinces, linguistic distribution in southwest Oregon, early transportation routes