Old Oregon Country a History of Frontier Trade, Tr - Couverture souple

Winther, Oscar Osburn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803252188 ISBN 13 : 9780803252189

Editeur : Bison Books, 1969

Synopsis

The Pacific Northwest, the old Oregon country, was one of the most remote and inaccessible frontier areas, but it was also known to be rich in natural resources. The opening of this region is a story of courage, endurance, and pioneer enterprise. Here, based largely on primary sources, the whole story of travel and travelers in this rugged country is told for the first time. Oscar Osburn Winther, professor of history at the University of Indiana, is also the author of Via Western Express & Stagecoach.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Today the Pacific Northwest possesses a distinctive character as one of several sections of our nation. This regions geography, people, and economy have an individuality which blends with and yet stands apart from the rest of the United States. Like other sections, the Pacific Northwest cannot escape its past. Long known as the Oregon country, it was once thought of as one of the most remote and inaccessible frontier areas in the Western world. The region first unfolded its secrets to explorers and fur traders in whose footsteps came in quick succession missionaries, adventurers, pioneer farmers, miners, and businessmen. To all these the Oregon country presented a serious logistic problem. High, rugged mountains, inland waters, deserts, forests, ocean, snow, ice, rain, mud, heat, and magnificent distances thwarted the normal growth of community life and contact with the outside world. The battle to overcome these imposing physical obstacles in order to exploit the rich natural resources of the Oregon country and to establish orderly methods of commerce and travel comprise the major themes of this book. It is a saga of man against Nature; it is a story of adventure, indomitable courage, endurance, and brilliant business ingenuity and enterprise. This book is in part the history of men and events that have given vigor, confidence, buoyancy, and a proud consciousness of the past to people who today make up Canadian and American civilization in British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, I daho, western Montana, and, to be precise, a bit of western Wyoming. To personal experiences in the region I owe my first and lasting interest in the subjects here discussed; to friendly help and co-operation of many persons and institutions I owe a debt of gratitude for placing materials at my disposal for the preparation of this book. The manuscripts and printed materials, which,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bison Books
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803252188
• ISBN 13: 9780803252189
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible