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Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:

Prior, Jan M.

Abstract:

The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...

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Masters Thesis

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to Mary Howard of Frontier Genealogy Resources who taught me how to do genealogical research, and
Frontier military medicine at Fort Hoskins, 1857-1865 : an archaeological and historical perspective

Creator:

Trussell, Timothy D.

Abstract:

Fort Hoskins, located in Kings Valley, Oregon, was a U.S. Army post established in 1856 and decommissioned in April 1865. In 1992, the site of Fort Hoskins went into the public trust as a Benton County Park. Developing an interpretive center for the park will necessitate ground disturbing activities on...

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Masters Thesis
A Game of Silent Irreverence : Passive Resistance in The Dalles, Oregon

Creator:

Maddoux, Maryanne

Abstract:

210 East First Street (site 35WS453) contains the only extant remains of a once thriving Overseas Chinese settlement, in the city of The Dalles, Oregon. Very little is known about the everyday lives of these early settlers, or the pressures that they faced. This thesis will help to enrich the...

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Masters Thesis

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entrepreneurs established and maintained laundries, shops, and homes, in a Western frontier town while