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Outpost: John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest by Dorthy Morrison Publisher Comments This gripping, skillfully woven biography tells the story of John McLoughlin, a pivotal Northwest figure known for his blistering temper and compassionate heart.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Old Oregon Country: A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation, & Travel by Oscar Osbur Winther Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Joe Meek The Merry Mountian Man by Stanley Vestal Publisher Comments A tall man, with long black hair, smooth face, dark eyes (inclining to turn his head a little to one side, as much as to say, 'I can tell you about it'), a harum-scarum, don't-care sort of man, full of life and fun. That's how a contemporary described... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman by Julie Roy Jeffrey Publisher Comments Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneer missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. Narcissa grew up in western New York State, her values and attitudes carefully shaped by her mother. Very much a child of the Second... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mountains We Have Crossed: Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838 by Clifford Merrill Drury Publisher Comments Four newlywed couples, along with one single man, were sent to Oregon in 1838 to reinforce the two-year-old mission established by Marcus Whitman and Henry Spalding. These reinforcements were to become legendary in the history of the Pacific Northwest... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855 by Kay Atwood Publisher Comments Chaining Oregon is the first comprehensive history of the early federal surveyors of the Pacific Northwest, the work they performed for the US General Land Office between 1851 and 1855, the contribution their efforts made to the westerly movement of... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Pacific Destiny by Dale L Walker Publisher Comments The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life Wild and Perilous (97 Edition) by Robert M. Utley Publisher Comments Early in the nineteenth century, the mountain men emerged as a small but distinctive group whose knowledge and experience of the trans-Mississippi West exted the national consciousness to continental dimensions. Though Lewis and Clark blazed a narrow... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen Biographical Sketches by Leroy R Hafen Publisher Comments The legendary mountain men—the fur traders and trappers who penetrated the Rocky Mountains and explored the Far West in the first half on the nineteenth century—formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Reprints) by John C. Jackson Publisher Comments A riveting glimpse into a unique heritage, Children of the Fur Trade recovers a vital part of Northwest history. During the first half of the 19th century, a unique subculture built around hunting and mobility existed quietly in the Pacific Northwest.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Eagle & the Fort: The Story of John McLoughlin by Dorothy N Morrison Publisher Comments Bibliography: p. 163-173.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Encounters with a Distant Land: Exploration and the Great Northwest by Carlos A Schwantes Publisher Comments Exploration history experts like William H. Goetzmann, Gary F. Moulton, and James P. Ronda lead readers through the stories and theories that shape today's thought on westward expansion.... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country (Tom Doherty Associates Book) by Dale L Walker Publisher Comments The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Sight So Nobly Grand: Joe Palmer on Mt. Hood in 1845 by Joel Palmer Synopsis The drama of Joel Palmer's historic ascent of Mt. Hood is recounted in this excerpt from the journal of his 1845 journey from Indiana to Oregon.... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Columbia Journals by David Thompson Book News Annotation David Thompson (1770-1857), one of the most important surveyors of North America, mapped the Columbia River watershed, as well as the Saskatchewan River, the great bend of the Missouri River, the Great Lakes, and the headwaters of the Mississippi... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Henry Harmon Spalding Signed 1st Edition by Clifford Merrill Drury Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Looking at the Land of Promise: Pioneer Images of the Pacific Northwest by William H Goetzmann List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Acceptance of the Statue of Marcus Whitman Presented by the State of Washington Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Morning Song-Mourning Song: Narcissa: Her Story, Bk. II by Marje Blood Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dr John Mcloughlin the Father of Oregon by Frederick Holman Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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