Starting over
Subtitle: community building on the eastern Oregon frontier
By: William F. Willingham.
Publisher: Oregon Historical Society Press; Oregon Historical Society
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- Grant County.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- Long Creek Region; Community development -- Oregon -- Grant County -- History.; Community development -- Oregon -- Long Creek Region -- History.; Social change -- Oregon -- Grant County -- History.; Social change -- Oregon -- Long Creek Region -- History.; Social conflict -- Oregon -- Grant County -- History.; Social conflict -- Oregon -- Long Creek Region -- History.; Grant County (Or.) -- History.; Long Creek Region (Or.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The valley of grass : native use and early settlement; title: A stockman's paradise : the first wave of settlement, 1870's; title: Town building on the frontier : community formation and growth, 1880's and 1890's; title: A homesteader's life : the second wave of settlement, 1890-1910; title: The struggle to maintain community; title: Social and economic changes, 1900-1920; title: Violence on the frontier : social conflict, 1875-1925.