A School for the People
A School for the People tells the story of OSU’s nearly 150 years as a land grant institution through more than 500 photographs, maps, documents...
Embracing a Western Identity
Not all of Oregon’s pioneers were Christian farmers or bachelor prospectors. Indeed, many of the first brick buildings on Oregon’s newly platted Main Streets were...
Shaping the Public Good
At the Hearth of the Crossed Races
Despite the force of Oregon’s founding mythology, the Willamette Valley was not an empty Eden awaiting settlement by hardy American pioneers. Rather, it was, as...
A Man for All Seasons
The life of prominent Oregon political leader Monroe Sweetland spans the spectrum of 20th-century America. Through seven decades, Sweetland experienced the economic collapse of the...
Trying Home
The true story of an anarchist colony on a remote Puget Sound peninsula, Trying Home traces the history of Home, Washington, from its founding in...
Here on the Edge
In Here on the Edge, Steve McQuiddy shares the long-awaited story of how a World War II conscientious objectors camp on the Oregon coast plowed...
Pacific Northwest Cheese
In this rich and engaging history, Tami Parr shows how regional cheesemaking found its way back to the farm. It’s a lively story that begins...