This study deals with the historical geography of coastal pioneer trails during the period of settlement, for the most part before 1860. The Oregon Coast is presented as it was seen trough he eyes of early travelers, and against the background of coastal features, climate, terrain, drainage and vegetation. Though this is a geography of a past period, it also includes relevant firsthand descriptions of coastal features, in the present tense, based on many years of field study by the writer.

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