History of the railroads that once crisscrossed Lincoln County, Oregon. Among those included are the Willamette Valley & Coast Railroad, the Oregon Pacific, the Corvallis & Eastern, the Oregon Central & Eastern, the Toledo & Siletz, Manary Logging Co., the Yaquina Northern, and the lines of the U. S. Spruce Production Corp. and C. D. Johnson. The book also includes a chapter on railroads that were planned but never built and another chapter on retracing the routes of these long gone railroads. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With rosters, maps and bibliography. 204 pages.

Steam towards the sunset: The railroads of Lincoln County

Palmer, Lloyd M

Lincoln County Historical Society

Pictorial recollections of Toledo, Oregon

Parry, Evelyn

Steam Towards the Sunset: The Railroads of Lincoln County

Lloyd M. Palmer

Long-time residents of Newport, Oregon report seeing a feeble light in the tower of the defunct lighthouse at Yaquina Bay. They ascribe this to the presence of the ghost of Muriel Trevenard, a teenaged girl who, in the years after its abandonment in 1874, went alone into the lighthouse to retrieve a dropped handkerchief and was never seen again. Lischen M. Miller gives body and form to the apocryphal tale of Muriel in the “Pacific Quarterly” in 1899. And now Alexandra Mason brings Muriel’s tale into the present. We hear Muriel’s thoughts of her (non)existence since her death, as she is trapped in the lighthouse and in an endless limbo. Young Amelia Allen and her father Hal visit Newport and see Muriel’s light from their condo across the bay. When they visit the museum, Muriel takes a chance and materializes to them. Amelia senses that a personal mission is now hers, to help put Muriel to rest—and she discovers that Muriel is actually a distant ancestor. Romance blossoms between Hal and Letty, the lighthouse curator, as Amelia learns the ritual to transport the spirit of Muriel to a resting place in the Eureka Pioneer Cemetery, where she sleeps peacefully—or maybe not? Illustrated by Lila Pasarelli. “THE LIGHTHOUSE GHOST is the Mother of all Ghost Stories, well-written with a can’t-put-down plot." — M. C. Arvanitis, author of Hank of Twin Rivers Series. "A fun and loving tale of a girl who wanted to find the proper burial place for Muriel, the ghost girl who lived in Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. Eureka Cemetery was just the spot, as its first known burial was John Jessup, 1879, the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper of Yaquina. Mason brings to life activity around the Newport area, piquing our curiosity and interest to keep us rapidly moving through this exciting story!" -- Paula Wenell, former Manager Assistant, current Board Member of Eureka Pioneer Cemetery of Newport, Oregon

The Lighthouse Ghost: of Yaquina Bay

Literature & Fiction

Mason, Alexandra

Genre Fiction

<p>During times of armed conflict it is the civilian population that is forced to endure the greatest suffering. Noncombatants, simply trying to survive and make a living, oftentimes fall victim to the brutality of war. This is the theme that Jeff Broome pursues in his study of the Indian wars on the Kansas prairie during the 1860s. He is especially interested in relating the horrific captivity of Susanna Alderdice, who was killed by her Cheyenne captors at the Battle of Summit Springs in July 1869. In addition, the author provides graphic details concerning other atrocities perpetrated upon Kansas settlers by roving bands of Indians during the period. The purpose behind these revelations is not to sensationalize the anguish of the victims, but to demonstrate that recent scholarship has diminished or discounted the degree of suffering endured by the settlers in favor of emphasizing the horror and despair experienced by the Indians. In examining the atrocities that occurred on the plains of Kansas during the Indian Wars, Broome culled the seldom used depredation claims filed by settlers victimized by Indian raids. It seems ironic that these pioneers could request compensation from the federal government for the loss of a pig, but could not expect indemnity as a result of sexual assault, the death of a family member, or wounds received during Indian attacks. The author offers further evidence of the government's callousness toward these beleaguered settlers in noting that many claims were denied due to mere technicalities. Broome saves some acrimony for the military, which failed to adequately protect the frontier farmers and only half-heartedly pursued the raiding Indians. He also relates the story of a contract surgeon with the Seventh Cavalry who refused to provide medical treatment to Susanna Alderdice's four-year-old son, wounded and left for dead by the Indian raiders. Although pierced by no less than five arrows and two bullets, miraculously the little boy managed to survive. Dog Soldier Justice is well-researched and enhanced by numerous rare photographs, some of them coming from the descendants of those persecuted pioneers. Readers should be warned, however, that this is not a book for the faint of heart. Broome's revelations of graphic and senseless violence will, nonetheless, resonate with readers inundated with the similar scenes of carnage played out on our nightly news broadcasts. With a world that is today punctuated by war and terrorism, the images conjured up in this narrative seem all too familiar. It is indeed a pity that after all these years we have learned so little. David Dixon <br>Slippery Rock University</p>

Dog Soldier Justice: The Ordeal of Susanna Alderdice in the Kansas Indian War

Jeff Broome

History

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