Historic Photos of Oregon
Known for its natural beauty, Oregon has a unique and remarkable history. During the sixteenth century, European explorers sighted the Oregon coast and wrote about it. The region would be opened to settlement through the Hudson’s Bay Company and later as a result of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1805. By 1859, the Oregon Territory was set to join the Union as the 33rd state.
Over the next two centuries, the opening of navigable rivers and bays to steamships, the arrival of the railroads, and in the twentieth century the advent of roads and highways helped cities like Portland, Eugene, Salem, and Medford, as well as the state’s smaller communities, grow and prosper. The pioneers and settlers who came to the region worked at logging, lumber milling, fishing, farming and ranching, mining, and salmon canning.
Nearly 200 images, all published in vivid black-and-white with captions and introductions, make Historic Photos of Oregon a compelling look at the history of this intriguing and picturesque state.
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Book details
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Oregon history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · Pacific Northwest · local history · pioneer settlement · historic photographs
- ISBN-13
- 9781596525566
About the author
WILLIAM C. STACK is an educator and writer and the author of Historic Photos of Oregon, a pictorial history presenting nearly 200 black-and-white images chronicling Oregon from the 1860s to the 1970s.
Stack holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Portland and a master’s degree from Portland State University. He has taught at both the high school and college levels and has written articles on President John Adams, George Flavel, and Glenn Jackson.
When he’s not writing, Stack draws on his classroom experience at both the high school and college levels. His work reflects a sustained engagement with Oregon history and public figures.
William lives in Portland with his wife and daughter.