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Copies / Call # /
TITLE / AUTHOR / PIONEER FAMILY NAMES
1 / ORE
979.5
AND / Heroes of the Western World / Ralph Andrews
1 / ORE
979.5
AND /

Westward to Oregon

/ Sylvia Anderson / Early pioneers in the Columbia River area including Lewis & Clark document (e.g. equipment, instruments, firearms); Alexander Ross; John K Townsend; John Charles Fremont, Peter Burnett
1 / ORE
979.5
APP / Skookum / Shannon Applegate / Oregon Pioneer Family – Oregon Trail
1 / ORE
979.5
BAR / China In Oregon: A Resource Directory / Jeffrey Barlow, Ed.
3 / ORE
979.5
BEC / Simpsons of Shore Acres / Stephen Dow Beckham
6 / ORE
979.5
BEC / Stars in the Dark: Coal Miners of Southwestern Oregon / Dow Beckham / Families: Bonebrake; Bosco; Cavenaugh; Chandler; Chard; Coney; Davis; Dontrovick; Flanagan; Fry; Gilfillan; Kronsteiner; McKelvies; Menegat; Monroe; Thompson (These names were selected because they seem to be listed on quite a few pages according to the index).
3 / ORE
BEC / Swiftly Flows the River / Dow Beckham / Families: Beckham; Chandler; Hinkle; Lair; Lyons
4 / ORE
979.5
BEC / Coos Bay The Pioneer Period 1851- / Stephen Dow Beckham / Bennett; Cammann; Flanagan; Lockhart; Luse; Nasburg; Rogers; Simpson; Tower
1 / All Quiet on the Yamhill: Civil War in Oregon – the journal of Corporal Royal A Bensell / Ganter Barth, Ed.
1 / ORE
979.5
BLO / Menasha Corporation: An Odyssey of Five Generations / Richard Blodgett / Founder of Menasha Corporation: Elisha Smith
3 / ORE
979.5
COO / Life & Legend in the Coos Bay Area – A Story of the Indians & the Pioneers Who First Settled Coos Bay / (Manuscript prepared by Elizabeth Coover – Milner Crest School and Ellen Garner of Market Street School) / Students compiled these stories through interviews. (Has a Table of Contents)
7 / ORE
979.5
COO /

Coos County the Glory Years

/ Published by The World Newspaper / Pictures only
4 / ORE
979.5
DOD / Pioneer History of Coos & Curry Counties / Orvil Dodge, Historian
1 / ORE
979.5
DOU /

Guide to Oregon Southcoast History

/ Nathan Douthit
6 / ORE
979.5
DOU / Coos Bay Region 1890-1944: Life on a Coastal Frontier / Nathan Douthit
2 / ORE
979.5
DOU /

A Guide to Oregon South Coast History

/ Nathan Douthit
5 / ORE
979.5
LOF /

Made in Japan & Settled in Oregon

/ Mitzi Loftus / Deals with internment of Japanese Family during WW II
4 / ORE
979.5
LOF / Don’t Just Sit! / Audrey Loftus
1 / ORE
979.5
MCL /

An Historical Sketch of Coos Bay

/ William T. McLean PhD / Former teacher at Marshfield High School
1 / ORE
979.5
MCL / Oregon History A Compilation / William T. McLean PhD
1 / ORE
979.5
MOR / Caulked Boots / Harold R. Morgan / Has logger’s dictionary in front of the book, which could prove useful.
1 / ORE
979.5
MOR / Outpost- John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest / Dorothy Nafus Morrison / Oregon before statehood and during the early years (circa 1798-1803). References made to many, many, early forts. Good index.
1 / ORE
979.5
OBI / Obituaries from the Marshfield Sun Newspaper established 1891 and published to 1944. / Compiled by Alice Jones
1 / ORE
979.5
OLI / Gold & Cattle Country / Herman Oliver / Firsthand account of life in Oregon’s John Day Valley. 1,000 references to Oregon persons and places.
1 / ORE
979.5
ORE / Oregon Biographical Dictionary: People of All Times & Places Who have Been Important to the History and Life of the Sate / Index that alphabetically lists names and years in the front of the book.
1 / ORE
979.5
POT / Oregon’s Golden Years / Mike F. Potter / Not many things specific to Coos Bay Area, but a lot of “period” photos of things around the state.
1 / ORE
979.5
OSI / Granillie’s Reflections / Narrative of woman born in Marshfield (1886) and raised here. Her accounts are of life in the city. It has quite a few pictures in it of architecture (e.g. Marshfield High School)
1 / ORE
979.5
PAL / Journals of Travels – Over the Oregon Trail 1845 / Joel Palmer / Joel Palmer took careful notes as he first crossed to the Oregon Country in 1845. Includes overland trip to Oregon: living on the Trail; crossing the open prairies and steep mountains; and, trading with the Nez Perce. Includes information on the discovery of the Barlow Route.
1 / ORE
979.5
PAR / Before the Covered Wagon / Philip H. Parrish / This book is arranged in story form. The first chapter is about the coming of the white man.
2 / ORE
979.5
PAR / The Oregon Trail / France Parkman
4 / ORE
979.5
POW / Century of Coos and Curry / Peterson Powers / Has list of Pioneer family names in front. Divided into following sections: I – Coming of the Whites; II. Settlement; III. Culture; IV. Agriculture; V. Industries; and VI. Biographies. Has Index
4 / ORE
979.5
PHI / Caulked Boots and Cheese Sandwiches: A Forester’s History of Oregon’s First State Forrest, t “The Elliott: 1912-1991 / Jerry Phillips / Title implies what the book is about. Has maps and photos.
1 / ORE
979.5
PHO / Photograph Archive of the Coos-Curry Pioneer and Historical Association / Lists of photos available for order. There are no actual photos, but they are listed by title. I take it they are available at the museum.
1 / ORE
979.5
RIC / Goulds of Elkhorn / Aileen Barker Rickard / Based on the diaries of George Gould, this is the story of what it was like to grow up in an isolated area deprived of many amenities available in the city. Includes pictures, maps and letters
1 / ORE
979.5
SEB / Elementary Education in Charleston, Or / Richard Sebesta PhD / Mr. Sebesta was a former English Teacher here.
1 / ORE
979.5
SMI / With Her Own Wings / Samplings of articles, diaries, letters and excerpts from books. Has index. Family names: Applegate, Cavenaugh (very brief reference), Lockhart. Also, entry by David Cushing Duniway on suffragist Abigail Scott Duninway.
ORE
979.5
SOU / South Sough Adventures Life on a Southern Oregon Estuary – (Friends of the South Slough) / Index; maps; pictures. Families: Bastendorff; Brainard; Collver; Cottell; Elliott; Evans; Flanagan; Fredrickson; Johnson; Metcalf; Simpson; Talbot; Tanner; Wasson; Yoakums; Yonker
1 / ORE
979.5
STA / The State of Oregon / A textbook copyrighted 1931 covers basic information about the state divided into two broad categories: Exploration/settlement; &, Natural Regions. Has maps; pictures; graphs; Table of Statistics on population & agriculture from 1930.
2 / ORE
979.5
WEL / Lewis & Clark Meet Oregon’s Forests – Lessons from Dynamic Nature / Gail Wells and Dawn Anzinger / A look at an earlier era of our ecological history revealing a landscape of constant change shaped by natural forces and humans need for food and shelter. Has a Table of Contents; Index; pictures, maps and graphs.
2 / ORE
979.5
WES / Southern Oregon Mosquito Fleet – Stories about Coos County Boast 1853-1948 / Victor C. Wells / A standard reference on the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest, this book was authored by a life-time resident of the Coos Bay Area and maritime historian. It contains a lot of photographs and is 42 pages long.
1 / ORE
979.5
WIE / Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes / Alfred, Wiedeman / Information about the Dunes Landscape (parallel-ridge system e.g. and different types of dunes. Many pictures of the different plants from this environment. Has a glossary and a Table of Contents.
1 / ORE
979.5
WIN / The Old Oregon Country / Oscar Osburn Winther / The major themes of this book have to do with the remoteness of the Oregon country and the battle to overcome physical/geographical obstacles to exploit the natural resources and to establish commerce and travel. Has Table of Contents; Index and some pictures.
3 / ORE
979.5
WOO / Pioneers & Incidents of the Upper Coquille Valley / Alice Wooldridge / A collection of pioneer stories and biographies of early pioneers in the Coquille-Myrtle Pointe region copied from various newspapers in the Upper Coquille Valley. Has an index of pioneers and a few pictures.
8 / ORE
979.5
YOU / She’s Tricky Like Coyote – Annie Miner Peterson, an Oregon Coast Indian Woman / Lionel Youst / Story of working-class Indian woman from a transitional generation, of her adjustment to the collapse of her culture and its absorption into the white world, and of her role in salvaging a mall part of that culture. Has index.
4 / ORE
979.5
YOU / Above the Falls – An Oral and Folk History of Upper Glenn Creek Coos County, Oregon / Lionel Youst / Oral history, often taped and transcribed, of natives and pioneers of the Upper Glenn Creek area. Has an index. Family names: Allen; Baughman;Browning;Cotter;Glenn;Gould;Larson;Leaton;Middleton;Milton;Mulkey; Nelson;Noah;Ott;Peterson;Schapers;Stemmerman;Tyberg;Wilkinson;and Youst.