The Old Oregon Country A History Of Frontier Trade Transportation And Travel
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The Old Oregon Country
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Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1950-01-01
The Old Oregon Country written by Oscar Osburn Winther and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950-01-01 with History categories.
The Pacific Northwest, the old Oregon country, was one of the most remote and inaccessible frontier areas, but it was also known to be rich in natural resources. The opening up of this region is a story of courage, endurance, and pioneer enterprise. Transportation in this rugged country was a problem to the settlers who would promote commerce and travel, just as it was a problem to the earlier fur traders. The construction of roads and development of water routes progressed through the years until the railroad finally came to the Northwest, but at no time did the scarcity of roads prevent settlers from pushing back the frontier. Here the whole story of travel and travelers in this region is told for the first time. The book is based largely on primary sources and, as such, is a contribution to history. As an account of courage and ingenuity, transportation monopoly against transportation monopoly, and man versus nature, it is fascinating reading. University Professor of History at Indiana University, O. O. Winther is the author of Express and Stagecoach Days in California and Via Western Express and Stagecoach.
The Old Oregon Country A History Of Frontier Trade Transportation And Travel
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Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-01
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The Old Oregon Country
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Author : Oscar Osborn Winther
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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The Old Oregon Country
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Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-15
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Excerpt from The Old Oregon Country: A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation and Travel Today the Pacific Northwest possesses a distinctive character as one of several sections of our nation. This region's geography, people, and economy have an individuality which blends with and yet stands apart from the rest of the United States. Like other sections, the Pacific North west cannot escape its past. Long known as the Oregon country, it was once thought of as one of the most remote and inaccessible frontier areas in the Western world. The region first unfolded its secrets to explorers and fur traders in whose footsteps came in quick succession missionaries, adventurers, pioneer farmers, miners, and businessmen. To all these the Oregon country presented a serious logistic problem. High, rugged mountains, inland waters, deserts, forests, ocean, snow, ice, rain, mud, heat, and magnificent distances thwarted the normal growth of commu mity life and contact with the outside world. The battle to overcome these imposing physical obstacles in order to exploit the rich natural re sources of the Oregon country and to establish orderly methods of com merce and travel comprise the major themes of this book. It is a saga of man against Nature; it is a story of adventure, indomitable courage, eu durance, and brilliant business ingenuity and enterprise. This book is in part the history of men and events that have given vigor, confidence, buoyancy, and a proud consciousness of the past to people who today make up Canadian and American civilization in British Columbia, Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, western Montana, and, to be precise, a bit Of western Wyoming. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Old Oregon Country
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Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
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Old Oregon Country
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Author : O. O. Winther
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Old Oregon Country written by O. O. Winther and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Northwest, Pacific categories.
The Old Oregon Country
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Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
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Agriculture And The Farmer S Frontier
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Author : United States. National Park Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
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The Farmer S Frontier
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
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The Great Medicine Road Part 1
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Author : Michael L. Tate
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-10-22
The Great Medicine Road Part 1 written by Michael L. Tate and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-22 with History categories.
Between 1841 and 1866, more than 500,000 people followed trails to Oregon, California, and the Salt Lake Valley in one of the greatest mass migrations in American history. This collection of travelers’ accounts of their journeys in the 1840s, the first volume in a new series of trail narratives, comprises excerpts from pioneer and missionary letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs—many previously unpublished—accompanied by biographical information and historical background. Beginning with Father Pierre-Jean de Smet’s letters relating his encounters with Plains Indians, and ending with an account of a Mormon gold miner’s journey from California to Salt Lake City, these narratives tell varied and vivid stories. Some travelers fled hard times: religious persecution, the collapse of the agricultural economy, illness, or unpredictable weather. Others looked ahead, attracted by California gold, the verdant Willamette Valley of Oregon, or the prospect of converting Native people to Christianity. Although many welcomed the adventure and adjusted to the rigors of trail life, others complained in their accounts of difficulty adapting. Remembrances of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails have yielded some of the most iconic images in American history. This and forthcoming volumes in The Great Medicine Road series present the pioneer spirit of the original overlanders supported by the rich scholarship of the past century and a half.