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  • Life in railroad logging camps of the Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1916-1950

    Creator:
    Gregory, Ronald L.
    Abstract:
    Remnants of railroad logging camps, and their associated features, are perhaps some of the most common archaeological resources found on public lands in the Pacific Northwest. Many camps have already been located, their cultural materials inventoried, and networks of logging railroad grades mapped. Yet, despite these efforts, little can be...
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    Logging Camps of the Shevlin-Hixon Company. 1916-1950. Abstract approved David Brauner Remnants of

  • Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

    Creator:
    Judge, Barbara C.
    Abstract:
    The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in 1850 and 1915. The study embraces the theory that material culture reflects customs and values. The material culture indicators within the study are the architectural structures of the Oregon farms. The study filters...
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    David Brauner The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in

  • Culture built upon the land : a predictive model of nineteenth-century Canadien/Métis farmsteads.

    Creator:
    Hebert, James Michael
    Abstract:
    The objective of this thesis is to provide a predictive model for the archaeological investigation of the first farmsteads in the Pacific Northwest, established in the early- and mid-nineteenth century by Canadien and Métis families retiring from their service in the fur trade. Past studies of this population have either...
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    : _______________________________________________________________ David R. Brauner The objective of this thesis is to provide a predictive model for the

  • 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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    : ______________________________________________________ David R. Brauner 210 East First Street (site 35WS453) contains the only extant remains

  • 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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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

  • 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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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

  • A Classification of Stone Features and an Examination of Their Positional Attributes

    Creator:
    Green, Phillip C. (Phillip Cody), 1950-
    Abstract:
    The analysis of prehistoric stone features has suffered for two separate but related reasons. The first is the lack of stringency in defining the terms attributed to these structures and, second, the perception of a lack of formal attributes exhibited by them. These two factors have made it impossible to...
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    Attributes. Abstract Approved: ( Dr. David Brauner The analysis of prehistoric stone features has suffered

  • An evaluation of the archaeological potential of Riverfront Park in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Littlefield, Steven W.
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    The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park (RCP) have a great potential to add to the historical record of the warehouse district of the original town of Marysville (Corvallis). The City of Corvallis' proposed Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project and proposed changes to Riverfront Commemorative Park threaten to...
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    , Oregon. Abstract approved: David BraunerBrauner The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis

  • Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

    Creator:
    Shelnutt, Kay
    Abstract:
    This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
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    War. Abstract approv-ett: David R. Brauner This project examines the landscape of the farming

  • Just Beneath the Surface : Analysis of Excavations at 35WS453, The Dalles Chinatown

    Creator:
    French, Jamie
    Abstract:
    In a mostly abandoned block, capped by concrete, the building at 210 East 1st Street, The Dalles, Oregon still stands as one of three remaining structures. This building housed the Wing Hong Hai Company, a mercantile store and Chinese laundry, from 1889 to 1926. Beneath the modern concrete that encircles...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ David R. Brauner