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Author
Publisher
Caxton Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A Pennsylvanian transplanted to southern Oregon by way of southern California, Nestor began exploring place names in the middle 1980s. Here she identifies over 150 communities in the Pacific Northwest and describes how they got their names, the native tribes who inhabited the region before European settlement, and the settlement and growth of the towns. She does not indicate how to pronounce the names. Four maps and 50 photographs are included. Her...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest guides you through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, relating the hidden history of long-gone soldiers, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential, guidebook to the historic remains of centuries past includes maps, town histories, color photographs, and detailed directions. Plan your road trips by chapter-each chapter covers a geographic area and town entries...
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Personal and passionate essays written by independent booksellers and librarians about living in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington--slices of life from an area bound by weather, an independent streak, and strains of American history as wild as its geography.
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