Oregon 1859: A Snapshot in Time
"It is a treasure for the native-born Oregonian as well as the new arrival. It doesn't require a long presence in the state to become an Oregonian at heart."Roseburg News-Review(The Oregonian)"It's a county-by-county look at what Oregon was like in 1859, after the mountain men tromped through it and the missionaries and Dr. John McLoughlin arrived and most of the Indians died of diseases the white men brought with them. it was still a wild place but getting more civilized by the minute."The Oregonian(Pacific Northwest Quarterly)"[R]eaders will be impressed by the book’s numerous photographs and ... biographies of Oregon’s first American settlers."