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The Canoe and the Saddle
by Theodore Winthrop  Publisher Comments In 1853, with money in his pocket and elegant clothes in his saddlebags, a twenty-four-year-old New Englander of aristocratic Yankee stock toured the territories of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The Canoe and the Saddle recounts...
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Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: 1810-1813 (Northwest Reprints)
by Alexander Ross Synopsis A vivid historical account of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company and the battle for furs and empire waged in the Oregon Country....
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Joe Meek Merry Mountian Man
by Stanley Vestal Synopsis Born in Virginia, Joe Meek became trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. He was boon companion to two other larger-than-life mountain men, Kit Carson and Jim Bridger...
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Indian War in the Pacific Northwest: The Journal of Lieutenant Lawrence Kip
by Lawrence Kip Publisher Comments Throughout the 1850s, Native peoples of the inland Northwest actively resisted white encroachments into their traditional territories. Tensions exploded in 1858 when nearly one thousand Palouses, Spokanes, and Coeur d’Alenes routed an invading...
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American Fur Trade of the Far West Volume 2
by Hiram Chittenden Publisher Comments The American Fur Trade of the Far West is the premier history of its subject. Its publication in 1902 invited historians and general readers to look more closely at the intricate connec-tions of the fur trade with the development of North America. ...
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Memoirs of My Life and Times
by John Fremont Synopsis Fremont's memoirs are a firsthand account of the growth and expansion of the United States from the years 1828-1846, and include descriptions of the adventures that he shared with Kit Carson....
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Seven Months to Oregon: 1853
by Harold J. Peters Publisher Comments A remarkable new book of diary and reminiscent accounts of several missionary families who traveled from Upstate New York to Oregon. Gustavus Hines, two of his brothers, their families, and trail companions wrote extensively of the trip. They traveled by...
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Kingdom in the West #6: Fort Limhi: The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory, 1855-1858
by David L Bigler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index....
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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...
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Sources of the River : Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America (2ND 07 Edition)
by Jack Nisbet Publisher Comments From 1784 to 1812, fur trader, surveyor, and mapmaker David Thompson explored western North America. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana,...
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The Mountains We Have Crossed: Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838
by Clifford 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...
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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....
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American Fur Trade of the Far West Volume 1
by Hiram Chittenden Publisher Comments Epic in sweep and reach, strongly written and superbly researched, The American Fur Trade of the Far West is a classic if there ever was one. Its publication in 1902 made clear how much the fur trade was "indissolubly connected to the history of North...
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Pacific Destiny
by Dale L Walker Publisher Comments This book chronicles the discovery, exploration, and settlement of America's Pacific Northwest, the area that was known in the first half of the nineteenth century as "Oregon Country."It tells the story of an expanding America, an America whose history...
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The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900
by Jacqueline Williams Synopsis Food historian Jackie Williams describes our eating habits from the earliest years of settlement to the time when railroads brought the latest ingredients and implements to regional cooks. As in her earlier acclaimed volume, Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on...
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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 American...
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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....
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The Eagle & the Fort: The Story of John McLoughlin
by Dorothy N Morrison Publisher Comments Bibliography: p. 163-173....
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For Honor and Country: The Diary of Bruno de Hezeta
by Bruno De Hezeta Synopsis In the spring of 1775, a young Basque naval officer named Bruno De Hezeta laid claim to the Oregon Country. His diary is a compelling yarn of high-seas adventure....
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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...
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