From the legendary to the obscure -- Oregon history as you may never have known it The essays and anecdotes collected in this book are an engaging and fascinating array of both the familiar and the surprising in Oregon history. While not a comprehensive history, it covers the long span from the prehistoric to the present with in-depth, thought provoking and often humorous glimpses of the personalities and peculiarities that inhabit Oregon's past. Its offbeat, ecclectic approach will inform and entertain you. Learn what forces of nature combined to create Oregon over geologic eons. See how the land's natural gifts inspired the mythic world of its original natives. What was it like for Lewis and Clark to spend an Oregon winter on the north coast ― without the modern tourist conveniences? Follow the Barlow Road, the most perilous part of the journey facing pioneers at the end of the Oregon Trail. Witness Portland's booming optimism at the start of the 20th century, staging the west coast's first worlds fair and building a world-class rail transit system. See revealed ― as never before ― the seemy vice underworld of Portland's 1950s rackets mobs. Recall Oregon's illustrious sports heritage and re-live the careers of her superstars ― not just in sports, but in politics too. All this and much, much more ― from the sublime to the ridiculous, the momentous to the minute ― awaits within these pages.

Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History: An Illustrated Anthology of Illuminating Glimpses into Oregon's Past — From Prehistory to the Present

History

Pintarich, Dick

Americas

New Oregon Publishers

Cover edge worn and torn at top of spine.

Profiles of Oregon: An Anthology of Articles From Oregon Magazine 1977 to 1987

A fascinating array of both the familiar and the surprising, Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History will inform and entertain you. The essays and anecdotes collected in this book are an engaging and fascinating array of both the familiar and the surprising in Oregon history. While not a comprehensive history, it covers the long span from the prehistoric to the present with in-depth, thought provoking and often humorous glimpses of the personalities and peculiarities that inhabit Oregon's past. Its offbeat, ecclectic approach will inform and entertain you. Learn what forces of nature combined to create Oregon over geologic eons. See how the land's natural gifts inspired the mythic world of its original natives. What was it like for Lewis and Clark to spend an Oregon winter on the north coast ― without the modern tourist conveniences? Follow the Barlow Road, the most perilous part of the journey facing pioneers at the end of the Oregon Trail. Witness Portland's booming optimism at the start of the 20th century, staging the west coast's first worlds fair and building a world-class rail transit system. See revealed ― as never before ― the seemy vice underworld of Portland's 1950s rackets mobs. Recall Oregon's illustrious sports heritage and re-live the careers of her superstars ― not just in sports, but in politics too. All this and much, much more ― from the sublime to the ridiculous, the momentous to the minute ― awaits within these pages.

Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History

As its traditional economy has declined, Oregon has repeatedly failed to invest in its higher education system. In comparison to the international research universities of other west coast states, Oregon tries to build its future on the cheap and that looks like the kind it1s getting. Failing Grade: Oregon’s Higher Education System Goes Begging is a collection of two decades of witty but hard-hitting articles by the Oregonian’s chief political columnist, David Sarasohn. The columns track 20 years of cuts in funding by the Oregon legislature for Oregon’s higher educational institutions, and the concomitant dramatic decline in their quality. The appalling statistics, dismal firsthand accounts of student experiences and alarming comparisons with the achievements of nearby states are enough to shock the Oregon public and spur its state legislature into immediate, remedial action ― or so the author and his publishers hope.

Failing Grade: Oregon's Higher Education System Goes Begging

Education & Teaching

Sarasohn, David

Higher & Continuing Education

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Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History: An Illustrated Anthology of Illuminating Glimpses into Oregon's Past — From Prehistory to the Present

Profiles of Oregon: An Anthology of Articles From Oregon Magazine 1977 to 1987

Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History

Failing Grade: Oregon's Higher Education System Goes Begging