High Desert of Central Oregon focuses on the historical geography of the vast windswept lands lying in the rain shadow of the Cascade spine of Oregon.  The book will take you into the desert to experience the landscape in its changing moods, to explore the sagebrush, juniper and rimrocks, and to relive the homesteaders' futile struggle.  Maps, photos, index.  160 pages.

High Desert of Central Oregon

Politics & Social Sciences

Hatton, Raymond R.

Politics & Government

Binford and Mort

Bend, in central Oregon

Binford & Mort

'Bend in Central Oregon' examines the growth of Bend as it has influenced landscape changes. At the turn of this century, it was a small village, with wooden buildings lining dirt streets which vacillated between mud and dust. Irrigation brought water to thirsty Central Oregon acres. Locally produced brick and stone later helped shape the cultural landscape of a growing city. Here, this growth is traced, with original accounts that help the reader relive this period in the city's history. In 1911, rails enabled settlers to reach Bend more easily and, in 1916, allowed two giant lumber mills to tap the vast pine forests of the Deschutes country. By I920, Bend had become a bustling city of 5000 people. However, by 1930, alarmists were predicting the end of the lumber city as more and more forests around Bend fell victim to the loggers' onslaughts. Although the population stabilized for a quarter of a century, the city and its nearby High Country were rediscovered in the l960's when new industries--tourism and recreational land uses-helped revitalize the economy.'Bend in Central Oregon' also takes the reader on a tour of various city landmarks. Downtown Bend, located on Mirror Pond, and once the site of the elegant Pilot Butte Inn, is described in print and portrayed with photographs which compare the downtown area as it is today with how it was in earlier years. There are visits to Pilot Butte, a prominent volcano, and Awbrey Heights, site of the campus of Central Oregon Community College.

Bend in Central Oregon

History

Binford & Mort Pub

Pioneer Homesteaders of the Fort Rock Valley

Human struggle against adversity -- such was the homestead period that followed the Homestead Act of 1909, when settlers rushed to the High Desert of Central Oregon, lured by the prospect of free land. They found the desert was not to be tamed. Most of them departed after a few years of wrestling with the soil, climate and pests; only a few remained. Here is the story of that strange and desperate time, and of one heroic family that survived. Many historic photos. Index. 144 pages.

Pioneer homesteaders of the Fort Rock Valley

Americas

High Country of Central Oregon

Travel

United States

High Desert of Central Oregon focuses on the historical geography of the vast windswept lands lying in the rain shadow of the Cascade spine of Oregon. The book will take you into the desert to experience the landscape in its changing moods, to explore the sagebrush, juniper and rimrocks, and to relive the homesteaders' futile struggle. Maps, photos, index. 160 pages.

Hatton, Raymond

Book by Taylor, George, Hatton, Raymond R., Taylor, George H.

The Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes

Science & Math

Taylor, George

Taylor, George H.

Earth Sciences

Oregon State University Press

Hardcover; As New; Signed by Author; No Dust Jacket; 137 pp., index, bibliography, endnotes, photographs, illustrations, maps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A pristine, as new, unread copy less dust jacket as issued. A well done volume with interesting text and excellent photographs of arguably one of the prettier parts of Oregon. SCARCE in the hardback edition, especially in this condition!

Oregon's big country: A portrait of southeastern Oregon

Maverick Publications

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