Land of the Multnomahs examines the rich indigenous heritage and early pioneer settlement situated within the fertile floodplains and strategic riverine confluence of the lower Willamette and Columbia rivers. Edwards and the AAUW Creative Writers detail how the region's dynamic riparian topography—specifically the sprawling alluvial wetlands, the dense surrounding fir forests, and the vital deep-water navigational channels—strictly dictated the margins of seasonal indigenous resource gathering and subsequent agrarian claiming. By mapping the transformation of these sheltered riverbanks from complex Chinookan trading hubs into a permanent, highly connected commercial gateway, the narrative highlights how this specific estuarine geography anchored continuous human reliance on the waterways. Ultimately, this historical collection serves as a localized spatial history, demonstrating how the immense hydrological network and rich alluvial basin of this Pacific Northwest landscape fundamentally shaped the highly connected, river-dependent character of the Multnomah region.

History, Indians of North America, Indians of North America Oregon History, Oregon, Oregon Histoire, Oregon History, Oregon history, Peuples autochtones Oregon Histoire, University of Oregon. Medical School

Land of the Multnomahs / Prudence Edwards Denney Fur traders of the lower Columbia / Lois McQuain Native plants in Oregon history / Mildred Simms Olson The Last hundred miles / Prudence Edwards Denney Skidroads and "halleluyer" / Catherine Williams The new celestial world / Margaret Watt Edwards Captain Hoyt's last trip / Frances Murray Parrott Jefferson Institute / Ardis C. Hitchcock Wheatland's fairy tale / Meda Zillah Johnson And there was music / Frances Murray Parrott Frontier towns / Ardis C. Hitchcock The Willamette stone / Kay Larson Modern as Topeka / Margaret Watt Edwards Medical school on the Hill / Bertha B. Hallam Death of the Jones family / Catherine Williams Portland was a baseball town / Frances Murray Parrott The river queens / Vera Joyce Nelson A home for the friendless / Helen Watt Zollinger The first bridge / Frances Murray Parrott Long underwear and high-button shoes / Ruth Blandford Wild medicine / Mildred Simms Olson A time of innocence / Margaret Watt Edwards Days of the fish traps / Vera Joyce Nelson The new schoolma'am / Mildred Simms Olson The Burrell wall / Ruth Blandford Streetcars were a way of life / Margaret Watt Edwards Portland: then and now / Jane Lenon Bells "tolled" the story / Meda Zillah Johnson The world in flames / Prudence Edwards Denney The Portland Zoo / Lois McQuain All aboar-r-r-d! / Margaret Watt Edwards Portland's $2,000,000 park estate / Meda Zillah Johnson Didn't everybody burn wood? / Margaret Watt Edwards When rivers ran wild / Kay Larson For you a rose / Meda Zillah Johnson