Record details

• Physical Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Publisher: Portland, Ore. : Metropolitan Press, 1934.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Coming of the white man -- Corsairs up the coast -- Legends of shipwrecked white men -- Russians stampede to the otter grounds -- The Spaniards come for another look -- Captain Cook finds cheap furs -- The Man who never came back -- Trading fleets storm Northwest coast -- The British lion roars at Spain -- The Yankees spread sail for the scene -- Gray discovers Ol' Man River of West -- Broughton ascends the Columbia -- White men peer over the Rockies -- Lewis and Clark in the last wilderness -- The Rush for the virgin valley -- Astor burns a wilderness capitol -- The Overlanders reach Fort Astoria -- A British warship captures the fort -- A One-eyed savage and a barmaid -- Rough years under the Nor'westers -- Dr. McLoughlin restores the Empire -- Coming of the mountain men -- Men and tales of the old fort -- The Fate of the Indian -- The Rumble of the wagon wheels.

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Oregon Territory > History.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
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History.