In Search of Western Oregon

Ralph Friedman

Caxton Press, 1990 - History - 782 pages

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press
This is the definitive guide for things to see and to do in western Oregon. This volume is packed with historical details, folklore, anecdotes, geology, fishing, flora, fauna, biography, hiking trails, and a good deal more. These elements are combined with photos of thousands of off-the-beaten-path finds.

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User Review  - Hamellr - Goodreads

Good book for those into Oregon History. Unluckily with development over the last 15 years most locations mentioned simply do not exist. This book is more of a Map, it's turn left on this road, right ...

Contents

• CrossCoast Range Roads: 119
• O 47 Clatskanie To US 26: 136
• O 202Astoria to Mist O 47: 140
• US 26 Seaside Jct to Portland: 145
• O 47S US 26 to O 99W near McMinnville T: 153
• O6 O8 Tillamook to Portland: 165
• Old Toll Road Tillamook to Yamhill: 170
• O 219N Hillsbow to Newberg: 171
• Nestucca River Access Road Beaver to Carlton: 172
• O 22W Hebo to Salem: 173
• O 223022 to US 20: 177
• O51022 to US 20: 186
• O 18 Otis Jct to O 99W McMinnviJJe: 190
• US 20 Newport to Albany 15: 195
• O 34 Waldport to Lebanon: 200
• O 36 Florence to O 99 near Junction City: 210
• O 126 Florence to Eugene I5: 213
• Smith River Road Gardiner to Cottage Grove: 216
• O 38 Reedsport to Drain O 99: 218
• Coos Bay Wagon Road Eastside to Roseburg: 223
• O 42 Coos Bay Jct to Winston O 99: 227
• O 42S Bandon to Coquille: 231
• Rogue River Road Gold Beach to Grants Pass: 232
• US 199 Jct US 101 to Grants Pass: 236
• O 238 Grants Pass to Medford: 242
• The Great Heartland: 252
• Short Trips Out of Portland: 267
• East A: 270
• East B: 274
• West A: 279
• West B: 289
• South Suburban: 293
• Columbia Gorge Columbia River Scenic Highway: 301
• Mt Hood Loop: 325
• Clackamas River: 333
• Lolo Pass Lost Lake: 341
• Henline Falls Opal Lake: 344
• Oregon 211: 352
• Oregon 213: 364
• Oregon 214: 378
• Shunpiking: 382
• O 219S Newberg to Salem: 420
• East Side Shunpiking 099E: 433
• O 228: 502
• O 99: 516
• O 227: 552
• O 99 Continued: 554
• TransCascade Roads: 587
• US 197 The Dalles To Shaniko: 611
• US 26 Portland To Madras: 620
• O 22 Salem to US 20: 638
• US 20 Albany to Bend: 645
• 0 226: 676
• O 126 Eugene to Redmond: 685
• 0 242: 694
• 0 58 Goshen Jct to US 97: 707
• O 138 Roseburg to US 97: 715
• O 62 Medford to US 97 near Chiloquin: 730
• O 230: 734
• O 140 O 62 to Klamath Falls: 742
• Dead Indian Road Ashland to O 140: 750
• Oregon 66 Ashland to Klamath Falls: 753
• INDEX: 761

About the author

\A Chicagoan by birth, Ralph Friedman first saw Oregon at the age of seventeen after hitchhiking and riding boxcars across the country. He has written on every state and continent except Antarctica - but Oregon is his major interest. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: In Search of Western Oregon
• Author: Ralph Friedman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Caxton Press, 1990
• ISBN: 0870045091, 9780870045097
• Length: 782 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)