Cattle Country of Peter French
Author: Giles French
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 167
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Author: Giles French
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 167
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter K. Simpson
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edwin Russell Jackman
Publisher: Caxton Press
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780870040283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Award winning photography and lithography sets this "coffee table" book apart from others of its type.
Author: Dorys Crow Grover
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2017-10-26
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1684099102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch as men rushed to the California gold fields, a small group of proud and visionary cattlemen heard of the boundless open and free range land of Central and Southeastern Oregon in the mid-1800s and brought their herds there. Sometimes called “Cattle Kings,” or “Cattle Barons,” they ruled with painstaking vigor, occasional cruelty, and tenacity the untitled land. Thousands of their cattle and horses grazed on the boundless prairies. Four men who built cattle empires were John Devine, Peter French, Bill Hanley, and Henry Miller. One of these four barons eventually owned it all. Smaller ranchers were tolerated but bun-carrying vaqueros discouraged intruders, particularly sheep men and homesteaders. Their empires lasted until the mid-1900s, but during their time they made the era legendary in the history of the region.
Author: Nancy Langston
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009-11-23
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0295989831
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWater and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin in southeastern Oregon as a case study, this intriguing and nuanced book explores the ways people have envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results. The Malheur Basin, once home to the largest cattle empires in the world, experienced unintended widespread environmental degradation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After establishment in 1908 of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a protected breeding ground for migratory birds, and its expansion in the 1930s and 1940s, the area experienced equally extreme intended modifications aimed at restoring riparian habitat. Refuge managers ditched wetlands, channelized rivers, applied Agent Orange and rotenone to waterways, killed beaver, and cut down willows. Where Land and Water Meet examines the reasoning behind and effects of these interventions, gleaning lessons from their successes and failures. Although remote and specific, the Malheur Basin has myriad ecological and political connections to much larger places. This detailed look at one tangled history of riparian restoration shows how—through appreciation of the complexity of environmental and social influences on land use, and through effective handling of conflict—people can learn to practice a style of pragmatic adaptive resource management that avoids rigid adherence to single agendas and fosters improved relationships with the land.
Author: Nancy Strope
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780832302190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard W. Slatta
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780806129716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorians of the American West, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are expanding their intellectual horizons across borders north and south. This collection of essays functions as a how-to guide to comparative frontier research in the Americas. Frontiers specialist Richard W. Slatta presents topics, techniques, and methods that will intrigue social science professionals and western history buffs alike as he explores the frontiers of North and South America from Spanish colonial days into the twentieth century. The always popular cowboy is joined by the fascinating gaucho, llanero, vaquero, and charro as Slatta compares their work techniques, roundups, songs, tack, lingo, equestrian culture, and vices. We visit saloons and pulperias as well as plains and pampas, and Slatta expertly compares clothing, weather, terrain, diets, alcoholic beverages, card games, and military tactics. From primary records we learn how Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans became the ranch hands, cowmen, and buckaroos of the Americas, and why their dependence on the ranch cattle industry kept them bachelors and landless peons.
Author: Morley Young
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2000-05
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0738821039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gordon B. Dodds
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1977-11-17
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0393348644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo many Americans, Oregon is an idyllic, fruitful garden on the northwestern shore of a troubled urban nation. But, as author Gordon B. Dodds explains in this thoughtful history, behind that image lies the story of a state that has retained many of the conservative values of its first settlers while accommodating the forces of national development. Generations of Oregonians have searched out and found a moderate path where quiet competence, self-restraint, loyalty, and trust have been the greatest virtues. Today, Oregonians can be proud that other Americans look to their state "for inspiration in responsible government, civil personal relationships, and respect for the natural world." Whether they look with nostalgia or anticipation, the future will judge.