Author: William FaubionPublisher: Morgan & Chase Publishing
ISBN: 9780975416211
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Treasures of Western Oregon
Author: William FaubionPublisher: Morgan & Chase Publishing
ISBN: 9780975416211
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Treasures in the Trunk
Author: Mary Bywater CrossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Between 1840 and 1870, a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continent to Oregon and California in what was considered one of the great migrations of modern times?Thousands of women arrived in the Northwest by way of the Oregon Trail. This migration or "leave-taking" would consume the longest time and widest distance for these nineteenth-century women to establish new homes for themselves and their loved ones." ? from the book This beautifully illustrated volume recounts the stories of the women who traveled the Oregon Trail. Includes their reasons for traveling west and the hardships that they encountered. Index and bibliography. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Buried Treasures of the Pacific Northwest
Author: W. C. JamesonPublisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874834383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Do Indians living today know the location of the supposededly cursed Lost Gold of Devil's Sink? Did Sir Francis Drake bury millions of dollars'worth of ancient Incan treasures? Has anyone found the box of gold coins buried by a reputed giant in the Washington rain forest? Is there a noble family's fortune buried near an old log cabin in the Cascades?
Thunder Go North
Author: Melissa C. DarbyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781607817260
Category : Northwest Coast of North America
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This manuscript is a fresh look at determining the location of the 1579 landing site of Sir Francis Drake on the northwest coast of North America to repair his ship, the Golden Hind. This landing location has long been debated and was claimed by California, especially with the finding of the brass plate thought to be an artifact of Drake's landing located on a hill overlooking San Francisco Bay. Although the brass plate was supposedly authenticated in 1938, by 1977 it was proven to be a hoax, yet no re-examination of the landing question or associated data was completed"--Provided by publisher.
Buried Treasures of the Rocky Mountain West
Author: W. C. JamesonPublisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874832723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 32 tales from the area containing the backbone of America include The Gold Behind the Waterfall (Arizona), The Treasure of Deadman Cave (Colorado), Lava Cave Cache (Idaho), Henry Plummer's Lost Gold (Montana), The Curse of the Lost Sheepherder's Mine (Nevada), Lost Train Robbery Loot in Cibola County (New Mexico), Eighty Ingots in Spanish Gold (Utah), and Lost Ledge of Gold (Wyoming). As Jameson points out in his introduction, the Rocky Mountains still have many remote areas, ....
The Other Side of Oregon
Author: Ralph FriedmanPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Eastern Oregon is less well known than the West of that state. The two "sides" of Oregon differ dramatically in climate and geography. But it is the people and their stories that set the east apart and which take center stage in this, another of veteran author Ralph Friedman's odes to Oregon.
A Heart for Any Fate
Author: Linda CrewPublisher: Ooligan Press
ISBN: 1932010262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Lovisa King, 17, comes of age on the Oregon Trail and finds the strength to help her family survive a deadly shortcut on their journey to the Willamette Valley.
Oregon's Golden Years
Author: Miles F. PotterPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870042546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they streamed across two thousand miles of America's wasteland and then, armed with pick and shovel, headed for the mines.
Sarah Journeys West
Author: Nikki Shannon SmithPublisher: Stone Arch Books
ISBN: 1496592182
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
In Search of Western Oregon
Author: Ralph FriedmanPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the definitive guide for things to see and to do in western Oregon. This volume is packed with historical details, folklore, anecdotes, geology, fishing, flora, fauna, biography, hiking trails, and a good deal more. These elements are combined with photos of thousands of off-the-beaten-path finds.