Download or read book Lighthouses and Life Saving on the Oregon Coast written by David Pinyerd and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oregon Coast has been the site of shipwrecks even before Lewis and Clark's arrival in 1805. Even as the population grew, the federal government let the Oregon Coast go unguarded by lighthouses and lifesavers for decades. Economic and political pressures finally forced the government to build the first Oregon lighthouse in 1857 at the Umpqua River. The LifeSaving Service followed in 1878 with a station at the mouth of Coos Bay. Eventually, most of the harbor entrances and headlands were protected by both the Lighthouse Service and the LifeSaving Service, the precursor to today's Coast Guard. Lighthouses and Lifesaving on the Oregon Coast commemorates the true heroes who served to warn, protect, and rescue those who went to sea.
Download or read book The Fight to Save Oregon written by Keep Oregon Livable and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon written by Oliver W. Nixon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon by Oliver W. Nixon
Download or read book Rescue on the Oregon Trail Ranger in Time 1 written by Kate Messner and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day! Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises. One day, he finds a mysterious first aid kit in the garden and is transported to the year 1850, where he meets a young boy named Sam Abbott. Sam's family is migrating west on the Oregon Trail, and soon after Ranger arrives he helps the boy save his little sister. Ranger thinks his job is done, but the Oregon Trail can be dangerous, and the Abbotts need Ranger's help more than they realize!
Download or read book Marcus Whitman M D Proofs of his Work in Saving Oregon to the United States and in Promoting the Immigration of 1843 written by Myron Eells and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Download or read book Saving the Oregon Trail written by Dennis M. Larsen and published by Washington State University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ezra Meeker lived ninety-eight highly productive years. At times endearing and captivating, he could also be exasperating and irrational. Once he committed to a cause, he was an unabashed promoter. Meeker devoted his final three decades to commemorating the Oregon Trail. A part of his story no one has previously told, this volume begins in 1901 and completes an epic biography. One of Washington Territory’s earliest pioneers, Meeker first came west on the overland trail in 1852. He became a Puyallup community builder, agricultural tycoon, and world traveler before hop lice and the Panic of 1893 devoured his fortune. He dallied in mining and joined the Klondike gold rush, spending four years as a Yukon store proprietor. At age 75 he trekked east over the Oregon Trail with oxen and a covered wagon, setting markers along the way, and became a national celebrity. He visited New York, Washington, DC, and the White House, and managed to convince regular citizens, the rich and famous, governors, legislators, and even three U.S. presidents to support his trail preservation schemes. Never one to shy away from adventure, his other exploits included publishing books, lecture tours, additional Oregon Trail expeditions (one in a bi-plane), attending the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, experimenting with motion pictures, founding societies, cruising in what may have been the first motorized RV, performing in a Wild West show, and roaming the country selling commemorative coins. In the end, Meeker’s extraordinary efforts were crucial to saving the trail.
Download or read book History Vs the Whitman Saved Oregon Story written by William Isaac Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon Search Rescue written by Glenn Voelz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oregon's long tradition of volunteer search and rescue dates back to the territorial days, when Good Samaritans and mountain men came to aid those in need. On the coast, surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Service protected mariners traversing the "Graveyard of the Pacific." In the early twentieth century, outdoor clubs like the Mazamas, the Skyliners and the Obsidians served as informal search and rescue units, keeping Oregonians safe in the mountains, rivers and wilderness areas. After World War II, Oregon's volunteer teams began to professionalize and became some of the most effective units in the country. Join author Glenn Voelz as he recounts the history of Oregon search and rescue.
Download or read book The Fight to Save Oregon written by Oregon State Highway Commission and published by . This book was released on 1972* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon Wilderness Act of 1983 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On to Oregon written by Mary Richardson Walker and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1833 two missionary couples, the Walkers and the Eellses, joined a party going west as a reinforcement to the Oregon Mission. Mary Walker and Myra Eells kept diaries throughout the months on the hazardous trail. Throughout this combined account, the presence of Myra Fairbanks Eells is deeply felt, but it is Mary Richardson Walker who brings the trail alive again. 21 photos.
Download or read book Oregon Historical Quarterly written by Oregon Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society written by Oregon Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society written by Oregon Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon Wilderness Act 1979 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Recreation, and Renewable Resources and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon Wilderness Act of 1979 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Recreation, and Renewable Resources and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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