Catalog of British Columbiana and Pacific Northwest Americana

xxvi, 413 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

In 77 maps and accompanying texts, this atlas presents the history of Washington state from prehistoric times to the present, Beginning with Washington’s terrain climate, vegetation, and hydrography, it then displays and records the evolution of both Indian and white settlements, the development of the state’s modern economy, and the progress of society and culture from Indian times to the present. Some of the maps in the atlas cover major historical events or specific periods; other show present-day patterns of activity and deal with the historical background in the accompanying commentary. Selective bibliographies refer readers to further readings on the subject of each map

1 atlas (xxix, [181] pages) : illustrations, maps ; 32 cm

NOTE: "The Oregon Historical Calendar & Chronology of Events contains selected information compiled from numerous published sources available in most Oregon public libraries and historical societies ..." t.p. verso

150 pages ; 27 cm

In order to explore the unique history of the Pacific Northwest, Washington State University established the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Distinguished Lecture Series in 1980. Since that time a series of nationally prominent guest speakers presented numerous, original contributions to the body of information available on the region. In this volume, nine schools explore Pacific Northwest hisorty from their unique perspectives. Pacific Northwest economic, social, and political trends are examined as important parts of a rapidly emerging, regional culture. Challenges posed by women's history, Alaska's place in the Pacific Northwest, the role cultural elites have played in Pacific Northwest development, the labor movement, and other issues are discussed in detail. The Changing Pacific Northwest presents nine articles by Pettyjohn lecturers, confronting these and other important questions. In doing so, they give us much insights in the history of this region

xi, 187 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Anne Kennedy’s 1989 lyric collection, Buck Mountain Poems, provides an evocative spatial and ecological record of rural domestic life, seasonal isolation, and ecological observation set atop Buck Mountain on Orcas Island in the San Juan Archipelago. The verses map daily habitation across rain-shadow slopes of Douglas fir, Pacific madrone, and exposed marine sandstone, situating contemporary island residency directly within the ancestral homelands, resource grounds, and maritime viewsheds long stewarded by Northern Straits Salish peoples, including the Lummi and Samish. Kennedy illuminates the granular logistics of upland island existence, tracing the material realities of steep unpaved roads, wood heat, rainwater catchment, and the constant temporal pull of ferry connections that bind isolated island ridges to mainland supply corridors. Ultimately, the work functions as an intimate literary cartography of place, capturing how late-twentieth-century rural homesteading negotiated the steep topography, ecological limits, and enduring Indigenous geography of the Salish Sea uplands.

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm

vii, 281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 31 cm.

110 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

The Sun Valley Story by Doreen Marsh Dorward is a locally published historical booklet that chronicles the development and charm of the iconic Sun Valley, Idaho resort area. Released through the author's own Ketchum-based photography studio, the work utilizes both original imagery and local history to capture the picturesque landscapes that transformed a remote mountain valley into a world-renowned destination. Ultimately, it serves as an intimate visual keepsake that preserves the pioneering heritage of America's first luxury winter sports resort.

32 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

133 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

86 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay’s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s The Mill Casino.

xiv, 194 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington by Jerry F. Franklin and C. T. Dyrness is a seminal 1973 ecological reference work that provides an exhaustive classification and description of the diverse plant communities across the Pacific Northwest. Widely considered the definitive text for regional botany, the book meticulously details the distinct environmental zones, major forest types, and steppe landscapes native to the two states. It remains an indispensable foundational resource for ecologists, land managers, and researchers studying the complex flora and ecosystems of the region.

452 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 27 cm

96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 42 cm

Looks at the remote community of Stehekin in Washington's Cascade mountains and describes how a pioneering style of life has become more like that of the outside world

206 pages : map ; 24 cm

2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

xxi, 216 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

47 pages : illustrations ; 35 cm

225 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm

xxxiv, 375 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

156, [2] p. : ill., 2 maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Saltwater City pays tribute to those who went through the hard times, to those who swallowed their pride, to those who were powerless and humiliated, but who still carried on. They all had faith that things would be better for future generations. They have been proven correct.Canada’s first Chinese arrived in British Columbia in 1858 from California. Almost all men—merchants, peasants, and laborers — and almost all from eight rural counties in the Pearl River delta in what is now Guangdong province — they came in search of gold and better fortune, escaping the rebellions, flood and drought of their homeland.By 1863 over 4,000 Chinese lived in B.C., filling jobs shunned by miners, road builders, teamsters, laundry men, restaurateurs, domestic servants and cannery workers. Between 1881 and 1885, thousands more arrived, most imported to build the transcontinental railway. They were to create, in Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most dynamic Chinese Community, known to its original inhabitants as Saltwater City.

174 p. : ill., fac-sim

Poems and short stories written by Elizabeth Gamble Wahl. From the foreword by David Wahl: “When my grandfather, Daniel Gamble, returned from Goldendale and Victoria to his homestead on Paradise Ridge, he built a new home for his family. Following Irish tradition, he gave his home a name: Brooklawn. It was here that my mother grew up on a farm with the woods nearby. She learned to love the flowers and birds of field and woodland, and the passing seasons. The seasons show themselves distinctly here in the Palouse Country, and sometimes all four seasons come on one March day. Both her father and her brother Bert could write poetry. Before she was eleven, she and her sister Lola would make up their own stories. She decided that she would like to be a writer. She payed close attention to people, seemingly ordinary people, who worked in the fields with her brothers, or helped with chores and cooking. Among these people was “Shorty Hill”, a ranch hand and a real cowboy. Although he was not a writer, he was a master storyteller, and he helped my mother learn how to write the way that people speak. The short stories are fiction, but they have the good times among the hard times, the closeness of nature, and both the mischief and the warmth and caring of real people woven into them. Our family has enjoyed her stories and poems, and it is my hope that this book will bring as much pleasure to many others. Perhaps her words will help you to see that there are no ordinary people, and that today is no ordinary day.”

30 cm : illustrations ; 28 cm

Compiled across five volumes by the North Shuswap Historical Society, Shuswap Chronicles serves as the baseline local and geographic repository for the communities situated along the rugged northern perimeter of Shuswap Lake. The collection details how late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century homestead pre-emptions, small-scale logging flumes, and isolated farming clearings were established across the ancestral lands, seasonal berry grounds, and fishing camps of the Secwépemc. Regional writers document the arduous lake-bound logistics that preceded motor roads, tracing how early settlers in Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay, Anglemont, St. Ives, and Seymour Arm depended on lake steamers like the S.S. Andover for mail, heavy equipment, and agricultural shipments. Through extensive pioneer accounts, school records, and cadastral maps, the series captures the transition from off-grid lakeshore independence to organized civic infrastructure.

5 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Beryl M. Wheeler’s Quesnel Forks: The Gold City documents the historical geography of Quesnel Forks, an early major supply and administrative depot established at the confluence of the North and South Quesnel rivers. Wheeler traces the settlement's rapid emergence during the 1859 gold discoveries along the Cariboo river systems, detailing how early pack trails and wooden flumes were laid down across traditional Secwépemc territory. The work focuses extensively on the substantial Chinese merchant and mining population that sustained the town for decades after European prospectors departed for Williams Creek, maintaining stores, gardens, and community halls. Wheeler records the engineering of hydraulic mining flumes connecting Quesnel Forks to Likely, Keithley Creek, and Hydraulic, preserving a vital record of this historic multi-ethnic community prior to its complete abandonment.

48 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Branwen C. Patenaude’s Bolters and Coolers: The Bullion Pit and Other Cariboo Gold Mining Days provides an industrial and social chronicle centered on the world’s largest hydraulic placer gold mine, the Bullion Pit near Likely. Patenaude documents the ambitious engineering projects directed by mining engineer John B. Hobson, who constructed miles of canals, storage dams, and massive steel flumes across the Cariboo Mountains to redirect millions of gallons of water through high-pressure hydraulic monitors. The volume details how this industrial operation carved a gargantuan artificial chasm into the gravel benches above the Quesnel River, altering the local watershed and landscape. Patenaude highlights the diverse labor force that staffed the mine, tracking the social and economic relationships linking Likely to adjacent mining camps at Hydraulic, Quesnel Forks, Horsefly, and Keithley Creek.

144 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm