Oregon Historical Quarterly articles from December 2004

Oregon Historical Quarterly archives from December 2004

"Adventure" of the Colonel Allan.
December 22, 2004... COATS OF MAIL? Women's hosiery? Military shoes? At a fur-trading post? One can imagine the astonishment of the new manager at Fort George in 1822 as he discovered these items and more among the trade goods left behind by the previous...

Cartographic representations: a controversy in mapping Lewis and Clark's Fort Clatsop.(Meriwether Lewis and William Clark)
December 22, 2004... CONTROVERSY IS NOT WHAT WE TYPICALLY EXPECT when we consider cartographic documents. Maps convey an illusion of authority, Mark Monmonier reminds us, "their convincingly crisp lines and labels effectively concealing an argument's tenuous...

Impressions of Oregon: the art of Reverend Melville Thomas wire.
December 22, 2004... Every busy pastor should have a fad or avocation. Mine is outdoor painting in oils. --Reverend Melville Thomas Wire MELVILLE WIRE, an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Oregon, diligently served parishes...

Oregon's first state-mandated uniform school readers: politics and education.(Oregon Voices)
December 22, 2004... A STORM OF CONTROVERSY arose among politicians, educators, newspaper editors, and citizens in 1873 when Oregon endeavored to adopt its first uniform readers for the public schools. The Pacific Coast Series, published by A.L. Bancroft & Co. in...

Thomas Slaughter's expedition: exploring (and deploring) Lewis and Clark.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilderness, by Thomas P. Slaughter. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, index. 253 pages. $24.00 cloth, $14.00 paper. THOMAS SLAUGHTER'S EXPLORING LEWIS...

Where Land and Water Meet: a Western Landscape Transformed.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Where Land and Water Meet: A Western Landscape Transformed By Nancy Langston University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2003. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 248 pages. $26.95 cloth. Reviewed by Karl Brooks University...

Beaten Down: a History of Interpersonal Violence in the West.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West By David Peterson del Mar University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2002. Notes, bibliography, index. 312 pages. $50.00 cloth, $25.00 paper. Reviewed by Jacqueline K....

Wayne Morse: a political biography.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Wayne Morse: A Political Biography By Mason Drukman Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, 2003. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 557 pages. $18.00 paper. Reviewed by David H. Stratton Washington State...

Natural States: the Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Natural States: The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon and the Nation By Richard W. Judd and Christopher S. Beach RFF Press, Washington, D.C., 2003. Illustrations, notes, index. 334 pages. $32.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. ...

Imagining the Big Open: Nature, Identity, and Play in the New West.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Imagining The Big Open: Nature, Identity, And Play In The New West Edited by Liza Nicholas, Elaine M. Bapis, and Thomas J. Harvey University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2003. Illustrations, photographs, notes, index. 368 pages....

King Of Fish: the Thousand-Year Run Of Salmon.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... King Of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run Of Salmon By David R. Montgomery Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 2003. Illustrations, photographs, maps, index. 303 pages. $26.00 cloth, $16.00 paper. Reviewed by Jim Lichatowich Columbia...

On a Silver Desert: the Life of Ernest Haycox.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... On a Silver Desert: The Life of Ernest Haycox By Ernest Haycox Jr. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2003. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 352 pages. $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Robert Frank Oregon State University,...

Profiting from the Plains: the Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Profiting from the Plains: The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West By Claire Strom University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2003. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 240 pages. $35.00 cloth....

The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking the History of the Old West.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking the History of the Old West By Stewart L. Udall Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2002. Photographs, maps, tables, notes, index. 267 pages. $25.00 cloth. Reviewed by Stephen Haycox University...

Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk across Victorian America.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk across Victorian America By Linda Lawrence Hunt University of Idaho Press, Moscow, 2003. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 324 pages. $16.95 paper. Reviewed by Elizabeth Jacox...

Rick Barrow: My Eye.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Rick Barrow: My Eye By Rebecca Dobkins Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Ore., in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2002. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography. 80 pages. $19.95 paper....

Plundertown USA: Coos Bay Enters the Global Economy.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Plundertown USA: Coos Bay Enters the Global Economy By Al Sandine Hancock House, Blaine, Wash., 2003. Photographs, maps, notes, index. 176 pages. $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Linda Carlson Seattle, Washington DESCRIBED AS A...

American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941 By Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony University of California Press, Berkeley, 2003. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 320...

Singing the Songs of My Ancestors: the Life and Music of Helma Swan, Makah Elder.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Singing the Songs of My Ancestors: The Life and Music of Helma Swan, Makah Elder by Linda J. Goodman University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2003. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 356 pages. $44.95 cloth. ...

Family of Strangers: Building a Jewish Community in Washington State.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Family of Strangers: Building a Jewish Community in Washington State By Molly Cone, Howard Droker, and Jacqueline Williams University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2oo3. Photographs, notes, index. 407 pages. $45.00 cloth. Reviewed...

Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond the Shining Mountains with Lewis and Clark.(Book Notes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond the Shining Mountains with Lewis and Clark, by Joyce Badgley Hunsaker (Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Conn., 2OOl. Photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. 151 pages. $27.50 cloth.) and They Call Me Sacagawea, by...

Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World 1693-1740.(Book Notes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World 1693-1740, by Donald T. Garate (University of Nevada Press, Reno, 2003. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 360 pages. $39.95 cloth.) One of many...

Jewish Life in the American West.(Book Notes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Jewish Life in the American West, edited by Ava F. Kahn (Heyday Books, Berkeley, Calif., 2002. Photographs, illustrations, notes, index. 144 pages. $22.50 paper.) Jews made important contributions to the settlement of the West, this book...

Discovering Lewis and Clark from the Air.(Book Notes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Discovering Lewis and Clark from the Air, by Joseph A. Mussulman, photographs by Jim Wark (Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Mont., 2004. Photographs, maps, index. 272 pages. $40.00 cloth, $24.00 paper.) The impact of human...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
December 22, 2004... To the Editor: It was gratifying to read the many tributes to Rick Harmon in your last issue, and I'd like to echo what Robert Johnston wrote about Rick's rare capacity for nurturing others. For generations to come, thousands of readers...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
December 22, 2004... The Fall 2004 Oregon Historical Quarterly (105:3) included a discrepancy between the caption and image on page 371. The plant pictured is Mahonia aquifolium (also known as Berberis aquifolium), Oregon grape or hollyleaved barberry. It should...

OHS Research library.(Notices)
December 22, 2004... Recently Opened and Reopened Collections The following collections were processed or re-engineered as part of the Northwest Archival Processing Initiative, funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Collection...