The Great Columbia Plain : a historical geography, 1805-1910 / by D.W. Meinig

NMAI copy 39088019908540 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.

Setting : landscapes, seasons, and people, ca. 1800 -- Entry : by East and by North -- Competition : by land and by sea -- Monopoly : London rules the Columbia -- Matrix : American visions and ventures -- Missions : Protestants and priests -- Preparation : clearing, organizing, and evaluating the land -- Colonization : gold, grass, and grain -- Strategy : settlers and railroads, 1870-90 -- Conquest : some patterns, methods, and ideas, 1870-90 -- Empire : town and country, ca. 1890 -- Elaboration : some patterns and methods -- Inquiry : the farmer and the scientist, ca. 1890-1910 -- Culmination : the Great Columbia Plain, ca. 1910 -- Perspectives : history, geography, and culture -- Appendix : Populations and facilities of towns, 1890 and 1910 [table]

This is a study in historical regional geography which attempts to show how a large and important part of the Pacific Northwest has been explored, evaluated, organized, and developed over the span of a century or so.--Preface.