Chaining Oregon.
Small Press Bookwatch • August, 2008 • Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the
Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855
Chaining Oregon
Kay Atwood
The McDonald & Woodard Publishing Company
431-B E. College Street, Granville, Ohio 43023
9780939923205, $27.95 www.mwpubco.com
Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific
Northwest, 1851-1855 is a scholarly, in-depth history of the early
federal surveyors of the Pacific Northwest, who labored for the US
General Land Office between 1851 and 1855, and the impact their work had
on America's overall work to settle the valleys and mountains of
what would eventually become the states of Oregon and Washington. A
handful of black-and-white images, including reproductions of early
surveyor maps, enhance this amazing look into the lives and struggles of
these unsung pioneers. Highly recommended, especially for college
library American History shelves.
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