Abalone
From rocky coves at Mendocino and Monterey to San Diego’s reefs, abalone have held a cherished place in California culture for millennia. Prized for iridescent...
A Force for Nature
A Force for Nature is a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area...
A Peculiar Paradise
A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788–1940, remains the most comprehensive chronology of Black life in Oregon more than forty years after...
On Interpretation
This book aims to help both interpreters and sociologists understand each other better in order to better serve the public.
Refusing War, Affirming Peace
One of the untold stories of America’s World War II experience belongs to the thousands who refused military service for reasons of conscience, instead serving...
Oregon
Nash, a prominent London attorney, came to Oregon in 1877 to investigate possibilities for railroad building and land development. When he returned to England, he...
Yours for Liberty
"When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world." —Abigail Scott Duniway Between 1871...
Skookum
In 1843, brothers Jesse, Lindsay, and Charley Applegate — accompanied by their wives and 22 children — led the first major wagon train from Missouri...