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Book The Other Oregon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas R. Cox
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9780870719752
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Other Oregon written by Thomas R. Cox and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the social and natural history of eastern Oregon, including central Oregon.

Book Staging Indigeneity

Download or read book Staging Indigeneity written by Katrina Phillips and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities looked to capitalize on the histories of Native American people to create tourist attractions. From the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Wild West Show in Pendleton, Oregon, to outdoor dramas like Tecumseh! in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Unto These Hills in Cherokee, North Carolina, locals staged performances that claimed to honor an Indigenous past while depicting that past on white settlers' terms. Linking the origins of these performances to their present-day incarnations, this incisive book reveals how they constituted what Katrina Phillips calls "salvage tourism"—a set of practices paralleling so-called salvage ethnography, which documented the histories, languages, and cultures of Indigenous people while reinforcing a belief that Native American societies were inevitably disappearing. Across time, Phillips argues, tourism, nostalgia, and authenticity converge in the creation of salvage tourism, which blends tourism and history, contestations over citizenship, identity, belonging, and the continued use of Indians and Indianness as a means of escape, entertainment, and economic development.

Book Riding Pretty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Renee M. Laegreid
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2006-10-01
  • ISBN : 0803229550
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Riding Pretty written by Renee M. Laegreid and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the Rodeo Queen phenomenon in the American West, from its first appearance at the 1910 Pendleton, Oregon, Round-Up, to 1956, when the Rodeo Queen transformed from a Western into a national symbol.

Book A Century of News and People in the East Oregonian  1875 1975

Download or read book A Century of News and People in the East Oregonian 1875 1975 written by Gordon Macnab and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1514 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Calamity

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  • Author : Joann Green Byrd
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 0295805412
  • Pages : 255 pages

Download or read book Calamity written by Joann Green Byrd and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 14, 1903, was a typical, hot Sunday in Heppner, a small farm town in northeastern Oregon. People went to church, ate dinner, and relaxed with family and friends. But late that afternoon, calamity struck when a violent thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail to the mountains and bare hills south of town. When the fierce downpour reached Heppner, people gathered their children and hurried inside. Most everyone closed their doors and windows against the racket. The thunder and pounding hail masked the sound of something they likely could not have imagined: a roaring, two-story wall of water raging toward town. Within an hour, one of every five people in the prosperous town of 1,300 would lose their lives as the floodwaters pulled apart and carried away nearly everything in their path. The center of town was devastated. Enormous drifts of debris, tangled around bodies, snaked down the valley. The telegraph was down, the railroads were out, and the mayor was in Portland. Stunned survivors bent immediately to the dreadful tasks of searching for loved ones and carrying bodies to a makeshift morgue in the bank. By the next afternoon, thousands of individuals and communities had rushed to the town's aid, an outpouring of generosity that enabled the self-reliant citizens of Heppner to undertake the town's recovery. In Calamity, Joann Green Byrd, a native of eastern Oregon, carefully documents this poignant story, illustrating that even the smallest acts have consequences - good or bad. She draws on a wealth of primary sources, including a moving collection of photographs, to paint a rare picture of how a small town in the West coped with disaster at the turn of the twentieth century.

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-05-08 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Happy Canyon

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  • Author : Rebeca Fletcher Waggoner
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2016-08-22
  • ISBN : 1439657270
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book Happy Canyon written by Rebeca Fletcher Waggoner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, the Happy Canyon show has brought together families, friends and strangers to witness a joyous celebration of local history. Originally staged in 1914 by Roy Raley, the all-volunteer show presents a live retelling of Pendleton's founding that honors both the beauty of tribal life and the spirit of the Old West. Today, the show is truly a family affair, and many performers and organizers are descendants of those early actors and crew. Author Becky Fletcher Waggoner delivers a detailed, loving view of the show's history, illustrated with beautiful photography and fascinating archival photos that join past and present.

Book Oregon s Doctor to the World

Download or read book Oregon s Doctor to the World written by Kimberly Jensen and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, whose long life stretched from 1869 to 1967, challenged convention from the time she was a young girl. Her professional life began as one of Oregon's earliest women physicians, and her commitment to public health and medical relief took her into the international arena, where she was chair of the American Women's Hospitals after World War I and the first president of the Medical Women's International Association. Most disease, suffering, and death, she believed, were the result of wars and social and economic inequities, and she was determined to combat those conditions through organized action. Lovejoy's early life and career in the Pacific Northwest gave her key experiences and strategies to use for what she termed "constructive resistance," the ability to take effective action against unjust power. She took a political and pragmatic approach to what she called "woman's big job"-achieving a full female citizenship-and emphasized the importance of votes for women. In this engaging biography, Kimberly Jensen tells the story of this important western woman, exploring her approach to politics, health, and society and her civic, economic, and medical activism. Watch the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blyfLWnCTV0

Book Boss Simon  Joseph Simon  The First Jewish Republican Senator

Download or read book Boss Simon Joseph Simon The First Jewish Republican Senator written by Richard Simon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political devil. The Judas Iscariot of Oregon politics. Little Napoleon. Those are among the terms used to describe Joseph Simon, the nation's first Jewish Republican senator. Oregon's Boss Simon was a machine politician who hobnobbed with U.S. presidents. But he had an ugly falling out with Teddy Roosevelt, accusing the president of discriminating against him because he was Jewish. The author had heard about his famous relative. But no one in the family knew much about Senator Simon. So, Richard Simon, a former congressional correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, looked into Senator Simon's life. What he discovered was a man described as ?worse than a Southern Pacific train robber.? Joe Simon's election to the U.S. Senate was called ?one of the greatest political surprises ever. Simon, an attorney for powerful railroads, played a critical role in the development of the Pacific Northwest.

Book N  W  Ayer   Son s American Newspaper Annual

Download or read book N W Ayer Son s American Newspaper Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record Index

Download or read book Congressional Record Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes history of bills and resolutions.

Book Printers  Ink

Download or read book Printers Ink written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book UFO FAQ

    Book Details:
  • Author : David J. Hogan
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2016-09-01
  • ISBN : 1495082873
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book UFO FAQ written by David J. Hogan and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (FAQ Pop Culture). Since the famed Kenneth Arnold "flying saucer" sighting of 1947, the world has been fascinated and unnerved by these mysterious objects in the sky. Millennia of recorded human history report UFOs, and everything from the extinction of dinosaurs to the origins of humankind have been attributed to them but what exactly are UFOs? Featuring material from a treasure trove of UFO/Project Blue Book archives declassified in 2015, UFO FAQ is an all-inclusive guide to UFO lore hard science and hoaxes, sightings and abductions, noted UFO proponents and skeptics, and sanctioned research and purported government cover-ups. Readers will meet cultists and explore worldwide UFO "hot spots." They'll learn about UFOs in World War II, the Cold War, and the age of terrorism. And they'll zip along with UFOs in movies, comics, TV, and other popular media. Also featured are an international UFO timeline and a valuable UFO checklist that includes step-by-step suggestions on how to prepare and make the most of your UFO sightings while ensuring your credibility. Dramatically illustrated with nearly 100 photographs and drawings, UFO FAQ combines historical accuracy, provocative speculation, and compulsive readability in one handy volume.

Book Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Oregon to the     Legislative Assembly     for the Period

Download or read book Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assembly for the Period written by Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Columbia River System Operation Review  SOR

Download or read book Columbia River System Operation Review SOR written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Columbia Basin Water Withdrawal Environmental Review  ID MT OR WA

Download or read book Columbia Basin Water Withdrawal Environmental Review ID MT OR WA written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: