Jackson County, Oregon is noted for the production of high quality
pears. It is the fourth leading pear producing county in the United
States and is the number one producer of winter pears. This thesis
analyzes in detail the many aspects of the pear industry in the county.
Climate, soils,...
The Forest Homestead Act of 1906 precipitated one of the final rushes for free
land in American history. A nascent land management agency, the USDA Forest
Service, created a systematized process for the review and documentation of purported
forest homestead claims. One hundred years later, the forest-homestead examination
files of...