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In the Oregon Country

by George Palmer PUTNAM (1887 - 1950)

The Valley of Content

This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is intended simply to suggest a few of the many attractions which may be encountered here and there along the Pacific, the references to which are woven together with threads of personal reminiscence pertaining to characteristic phases of the western life of to-day. For the stranger it may possess some measure of information; it should at least induce him to tarry in the region sufficiently long to secure an impression of the byways as well as of the highways. For the man to whom Oregon, California, or Washington stands for home, these pages may contain an echo of interest—for we are apt to enjoy most sympathetic accounts of the things we love best. But for visitor or resident, or one who reads of a country he may not see, the chief mission of these chapters is to chronicle something of their author's enthusiasm for the land they concern, to hint of the pleasurable possibilities of its out-of-doors, and, mayhap, to offer a glimpse of the new West of to-day in the preparation for its greater to-morrow. (from the Author's Preface) -

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A Canoe on the Dechutes , A Summer in the Sierras , How the Railroad Came , Olympus , On Oregon Trails , The God Mountain of Puget Sound, Part 1 , The God Mountain of Puget Sound, Part 2 , The Home Makers , The Land of Legends , The Land of Many Leagues , Uncle Sam's Forests