Six volumes. 8vo. xix, [3], 347, [1]; xv, [3], 340, [2]; xi, [3], 351, [1]; xx, [4], 378, [2]; xx, [2], 312, [2]; vi, [4], 303, [1] pp. Frontisp. photogravure in vol. I, frontispiece's in vols. II-V, numerous plates, photos, maps. Uniformly bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering & illustration front cover, gilt lettering on spine (a few signatures poorly rough-cut opened across the set, slight rubbing, very slight shelfwear, w/o ffep.'s in all vols.), still a VG- bright set, signed & numbered by the editor on verso of half-titles. First edition, signed & numbered 73 of 500 "The Pioneer's Edition" sets, of this expansive history of the early Euro-caucasian explorations into the Pacific Northwest, descriptions of the Oregon & Washington Territories, up to the early 20th-Century. Drawn from 100's of original articles and historical research by the editor of the Oregonian, this well-indexed history provides sections on the Fur Trade, Astor, the Hudson's Bay Company, John McLoughlin, Fort Vancouver, The Pacific Northwest Coast Indians, the Whitman Mission, Lewis & Clark, early land grant controversies, extensive sections on the timber industry and logging, the Oregon Trail, economic history, railroads, maritime, and much more. Includes a section of biographies of prominent Oregon pioneers, including J.K. Gill, J.B. Montgomery, Henry Weinhard, W.S. Ladd, and many others.

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Title

History of the Oregon Country. . . compiled by Leslie M. Scott. . . .

Publisher

Riverside Press,, Cambridge:

Publication Date

1924

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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Pacific Northwest

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