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Filtering by: Creator Lane, Robert Kenneth Location Philomath, Oregon, United States, (Populated Place) Degree Field Geography

Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

Creator:

Russell, John A.

Abstract:

Ranching and lumbering were two of the primary economic practices in a small rural study area south of Philomath Oregon (in Benton County), from first Euro-American settlement through 1930. Ranching was common but lumbering was restricted by geographical and market transportation problems until after 1900. Catalysts for change came in...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis