Oregon Historical Quarterly articles from December 2002

Oregon Historical Quarterly archives from December 2002

Beyond place: a forum.
December 22, 2002... Historians are as susceptible to trends as any group of scholars, even if their reputations for being cautious are generally well deserved. Recently, the idea of place has been a topic of great interest among literary critics, cultural...

Picturing the corps of discovery: the Lewis and Clark expedition in Oregon Art.
December 22, 2002... The threat of rain loomed that cloudy October afternoon in 1904 as an eager crowd filled a forested knoll in Portland's City Park. Embarking from carriages or scrambling up the steep hill on foot, the group of well-decked dignitaries, proud...

"I didn't do anything anyone else couldn't have done": a view of Oregon History through The Ordinary Life of Barbara Mackenzie.
December 22, 2002... The westerly Columbia Gorge winds whipped the strand of ribbon that marked the Wasco County Bridge's halfway point, a spot where the states of Washington and Oregon met over the watery expanse of their natural border, the Columbia River. On a...

The making of an American: a woman ahead of her time.
December 22, 2002... Locals tell about the time when she was under a doctor's care. Advised to limit her driving to once a week, Shizue Iwatsuki eased her blue Chevy sedan onto rural Oregon's winding roads at four o'clock the next morning. Along the way, she...

Documenting women's history: using oral history and the collaborative process. (Research Files).
December 22, 2002... Without her oral history, Barbara Mackenzie (see page 480) would surface only infrequently in the historical record. Diligent historians would find traces of her--newspaper articles that mentioned her in relation to the post-war Lincoln County...

Polk county historical society. (Affiliate Spotlight).
December 22, 2002... The Polk County Historical Society, a dynamic organization that operates a new museum and research facility as well as a historic house museum, has been an Oregon Historical Society affiliate for forty years. Polk County was organized under...

Crater Lake National Park: A History.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Crater Lake National Park: A History By Rick Harmon Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2002. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. $19.95 paper. This book ends the long need for a comprehensive history of Crater...

Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder By Robert W. Hadlow Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2001. Illustrations, photos, maps, tables, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. 223 pages....

Gyppo Logger.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Gyppo Logger By Margaret Elley Felt, foreword by Robert E. Walls University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2002. Columbia Northwest Classics. Notes. 328 pages. $18.95 paper. There are really only three things readers can ask of an...

This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West By Daniel Kemmis Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2001. Maps, notes, index. 289 pages. $22.95 cloth. Daniel Kemmis doesn't exactly want the West to secede from the United States....

Inside Passage: A Journey Beyond Borders.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Inside Passage: A Journey Beyond Borders By Richard Manning Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2001. Maps, bibliography, index. 222 pages. $24.95 cloth. My mother and stepfather, originally from Coos Bay, Oregon, recently retired and...

Harvest Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World and Agricultural Laborers in the American West, 1905-1930.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Harvest Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World and Agricultural Laborers in the American West, 1905-1930 By Greg Hall Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2001. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 287 pages....

The American West: The Invention of a Myth.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... The American West: The Invention of a Myth By David Hamilton Murdoch University of Nevada Press, Reno, 2001. Bibliography, index. 148 pages. $19.95 paper. This book is an old-fashioned treatise in American Studies that purports to...

Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions By John Phillip Reid, foreword by Martin Ridge University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2002. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. 272 pages. $29.95 cloth. John Phillip...

Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement By Paul S. Sutter, foreword by William Cronon University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2002. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 359 pages. $35.00...

First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition across North America, and the Opening of the Continent.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition across North America, and the Opening of the Continent By Derek Hayes Sasquatch Books, Seattle, 2001. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 320 pages. $40.00 cloth....