| An Environmental History of the Willamette Valley Contributor(s): Orr, Elizabeth (Author), Orr, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467141461 ISBN-13: 9781467141468 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Science | Natural History - History | Historical Geography |
| LCCN: 2018963658 |
| Series: Natural History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Oregon |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Western Oregon's Willamette Basin, once a vast wilderness, became a thriving community almost overnight. When Oregon territory was opened for homesteading in the early 1800s, most of the intrepid pioneers settled in the valley, spurring rapid changes in t |
Contributor Bio(s): Orr, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth and William Orr have worked at the University of Oregon since 1967 with appointments in the Department of Geology and with the Condon paleontology museum. Undergraduate and graduate studies were completed at Oklahoma, California and Michigan. Their first book on Oregon fossils has been consistently updated and reissued since publication in 1981, and in addition, they have coauthored The Geology of the Pacific Northwest, The Geology of Oregon and Oregon Water. |