In the Oregon Country: Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California, Together With Some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making (Classic Reprint)
In the Oregon Country: Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California, Together With Some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making (Classic Reprint)
BY George Palmer Putnam
9 Apr, 2019
WHEN one has lived in Oregon for forty-three years, and when one's enthusiasm for his home increases year after year, naturally all that is said of that home is of the most vital interest. Especially is it acceptable if it is the outgrowth of a simil
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WHEN one has lived in Oregon for forty-three years, and when one's enthusiasm for his home increases year after year, naturally all that is said of that home is of the most vital interest. Especially is it acceptable if it is the outgrowth of a similar enthusiasm, and if it is well said.
For a considerable span of time I have been reading what others have written about the Pacific Coast. In the general western literature, it has seemed to me, Oregon has never received its merited share of consideration. Just now, with the Expositions in California attracting a worldwide interest westward, and with the Panama Canal giving our development a new impetus, it is especially appropriate that Oregon receive added literary attention. And it is reasonable to suppose that the stranger within our gates will find interest in such literature, provided it be of the right sort, just as Oregonians must welcome a sound addition[Pg vi] to the State's bibliography, written by an Oregonian. Less