Tracking down historic natural resource information is challenging. Again, you may have to start broadly by looking for general histories on the resource and its use. Life and adventure on prairies, mountains, and the Pacific coast. Finding information about the changes in use by different people means looking at settlement patterns. To identify immigration patterns, try resources like these.
Political Information Look to government and the media for political information.
This can range from federal legislation proclaiming a place a national monument to the local paper's announcement of a wetlands fill permit. Government web sites are proliferating and many are excellent. For information on federal legislation, use Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe , a database that provides access to political articles and the actual legislation. The state of Oregon maintains a good web site at Oregon Online . You can find current laws as well as those pending.