Multnomah
Subtitle: the tumultuous story of Oregon's most populous county
By: Jewel Lansing and Fred Leeson
Contributors: Leeson, Fred
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Corvallis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870716652; 9780870716669
Subjects: Local History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The most important vote of the century (February 21, 1974); title: In the beginning (1792- 1854); title: The county's first hanging; early elected officials (1855- 1869); title: A magnificent courthouse, a pauper farm, and a push for consolidation (1864- 1880); title: Coxey's army and eight more hangings (1888- 1903); title: The progressive era, a crusading sheriff, and the county fair begins (1902- 1914); title: D-minus report card, the "king of roads," and a new courthouse (1913- 1922); title: County hospital, the kkk, kickback scandals, and more consolidation proposals (1909- 1927); title: An elegant bridge, a mighty dam, another jail, and World War II (1928-1945); title: Vanport is flooded, a sheriff is recalled, and sheriff Schrunk is put on trial (1946- 1956); title: Parks, roads, and three unrelated tragedies (1946- 1960); title: Commissioners feud, Delta Dome is rejected, and the first woman deputy is hired (1962- 1966); title: Home rule arrives, a sheriff is fired, Rocky Butte prisoners escape (1966- 1973); title: Freeways revisited; city-county consolidation fails (1970- 1974); title: The Don Clark era; charter upended; nursing home closed; metro created (1975- 1979); title: Employees strike, PERS, vote-by-mail, and Rocky Butte Jail closed (1980- 1982); title: The laudable "resolution a," city of Columbia Ridge is rejected, a power struggle at the library, and more charter changes (1983- 1990); title: East County discontent, first all-woman board, and "Willamette County" (1983- 1990); title: The infamous Measure 5, Columbia Gorge battles, and East County efforts to secede (1990- 2001); title: From pioneering women to "mean girls" plus a controversial sheriff (2001- 2009); title: Quo vadis?.