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Title: In the Oregon Country
Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together
with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West
in the Making

Author: George Palmer Putnam

Release Date: April 28, 2010 [EBook #32164]

Language: English

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_By George Palmer Putnam_

The Southland of North America

(_See Announcement at Back of this Volume_)

[Illustration: The Columbia River Valley and Mount Adams

Copyright, Gifford, Portland, Ore.]

In the

Oregon Country

Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California

Together with some Legendary Lore, and

Glimpses of the Modern West in

The Making

By

George Palmer Putnam

Author of "The Southland of North America" etc.

With an Introduction by

James Withycombe

Governor of Oregon

With 52 Illustrations

G. P. Putnam's Sons

New York and London

The Knickerbocker Press

1915

COPYRIGHT, 1915

BY

GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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Dedicated to
THE EMBLEM CLUB

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[Illustration]

INTRODUCTION

When one has lived in Oregon for forty-three years, and when one's
enthusiasm for his home increases year after year, naturally all that is
said of that home is of the most vital interest. Especially is it
acceptable if it is the outgrowth of a similar enthusiasm, and if it is
well said.

For a considerable span of time I have been reading what others have
written about the Pacific Coast. In the general western literature, it
has seemed to me, Oregon has never received its merited share of
consideration. Just now, with the Expositions in California attracting a
worldwide interest westward, and with the Panama Canal giving our
development a new impetus, it is especially appropriate that Oregon
r