Download or read book The City of Destiny Oregon City Oregon Falls of the Willamette written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Vision for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project written by Oregon City (Or.) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A vision also emerged during the master planning process. The public process articulated a future for the site that provides public access to the Falls, restores habitat, redevelops the property to honor the site's past, and re-connects to Oregon City's historic downtown. This place will feel like an extension of downtown, not a separate campus, and will include generous spaces for the public to experience the site and reconnect to the Willamette River"--Page 7.
Download or read book Oregon City Floods written by Clackamas County Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American legends from times long ago tell of great floods that covered the earth in the Pacific Northwest. Early fur trappers describe the Willamette River as a sheet of water covering the land as far as the eye can see in the early 1800s. As American settlement of the Oregon Territory began in the 1840s, a great flood carried away many of the new businesses at the base of majestic Willamette Falls. Again and again the rivers rose, inundating the historic city to the north and south. But Oregon City, the first incorporated city in the Oregon Territory, survives, thrives, and grows despite these floods.
Download or read book At the Trail s End written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oregon City lies at the base of Willamette Falls. It was one of the few known points in the Oregon Territory, as the destination for thousands coming overland to lay claim to the acres upon acres of forested land. Presently, Oregon City is known by its proximity to Portland. The two neighboring settlements were considered "long-distance," when on a spring evening in 1889, energy generated from the falls was carried through 14 miles of recently-laid copper wire to power streetlights in downtown Portland's Chapman Square. It was the first ever long-distance transmission of electricity. Oregon City, the oldest incorporated settlement west of the Rocky Mountains, is a town in transition, as it attempts to reinvent itself as something more than an old mill town, building on its natural beauty and historical significance. This essay collection showcases the history and character of Oregon City, highlighting the people and places that have called it home.
Download or read book Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City Oreg written by Edward Burr and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon City written by Jim Tompkins and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1829, Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company Columbia Department, had two small cabins constructed on an island in Willamette Falls. The Kalapuya Indians promptly burned them, but a claim had been made and the roots planted for the oldest city in the Oregon Territory. Incorporated for over 160 years as Oregon City, McLoughlin's city at Willamette Falls has served as the political capital of an independent Oregon Country and the first capital of the Oregon Territory. Considered the oldest industrial site in the West, with saw, flour, paper, and woolen mills, Oregon City was also a transportation center for covered wagons, steamboats, and railroads. As a regional entertainment hub over the years, the community has provided both residents and visitors with such pleasures as Chautauquas, Oregon's first sporting events, the first state fair, a variety of annual festivals, and an array of opera, vaudeville, and movie houses.
Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Dale L. Walker and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2002-06-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walker constructs a compelling narrative that is a string of unusual profiles rather than an analytic account of a major event in American history." - Publishers Weekly The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice of nations. Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States all vied for this trackless Eden of the pacific littoral, and not until the 1840s did the Americans claim it once and for all. In these pages are the explorations of the fierce Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the mountain men who risked their lives in Indian country in pursuit of beaver furs; and the arrival of the missionaries and pioneers of the Oregon Trail. Pacific Destiny is the Spur Award-winning story for best historical non-fiction, told by a distinguished chronicler of nineteenth century America. A story of the clashing of empires, coveting the matchless wealth of the Pacific Northwest-the story of The Oregon Country. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City Oreg Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting with a Letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers with a View to Determining What If Anything Should be Done by the Federal Government in Aid of Navigation at this Point December 6 1912 Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed with Illustrations written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Willamette Falls written by Oregon City (Or.). Board of Trade and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Willamette Landings written by Howard McKinley Corning and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Willamette River served as the primary means of transportation for both people and goods in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Riverboats plied the river along a series of landings and small communities where much of the population clustered. Some of these settlements, such as Albany and Springfield, developed into the towns and metropolitan centers of present-day Oregon. Others, such as Lancaster, flourished briefly before gradually declining or disappearing altogether as transportation shifted to roads and railroads. Willamette Landings, originally published in 1947, offers a portrait of the Willamette River at a time when it was the bustling center of commerce and settlement. McKinley's account presents a perspective unfamiliar today - from the river itself. This new edition includes maps, numerous historic photographs, and in introduction by the well-known writer Robin Cody, whose affinity with the life and history of rivers of the Pacific Northwest is long-standing.
Download or read book Report Use of Water Power of Willamette Falls Oregon City written by P. Miescher and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pacific Destiny and Bear Flag Rising written by Dale L. Walker and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and four-time Spur Award winner Walker chronicles the early days of the American Pacific Northwest in two engrossing accounts, now available in one volume. Tall Premium Edition. Original.
Download or read book Before and After the State written by Allan K. McDougall and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of the Canada–US borderland in the Pacific Northwest included the wholesale transformation of social organization and individual identities together with the redefinition and application of public power. Before and After the State examines the impact of those changes across a region that already harboured a vibrant, highly complex mélange of societies with dynamic local, regional, and global trade and kin networks. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose the narratives and other devices of nation building, their impact on generations caught in the transition, and the reverberations of those national myths that continue to the present.
Download or read book A Description of the Western Resorts for Health and Pleasure Reached Via Union Pacific Railway the Overland Route written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oregon End of the Trail written by Writers' Program (U.S.). Oregon and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific System the overland route written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rose City of the World Portland Oregon written by Ruby Fay Purdy and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
