be utterly
inapplicable elsewhere.

So this little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive
account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is
intended simply to suggest a few of the many attractions which may be
encountered here and there along the Pacific, the references to which
are woven together with threads of personal reminiscence pertaining to
characteristic phases of the western life of to-day. For the stranger it
may possess some measure of information; it should at least induce him
to tarry in the region sufficiently long to secure an impression of the
byways as well as of the highways. For the man to whom Oregon,
California, or Washington stands for home, these pages may contain an
echo of interest--for we are apt to enjoy most sympathetic accounts of
the things we love best. But for visitor or resident, or one who reads
of a country he may not see, the chief mission of these chapters is to
chronicle something of their author's enthusiasm for the land they
concern, to hint of the pleasurable possibilities of its out-of-doors,
and, mayhap, to offer a glimpse of the new West of to-day in the
preparation for its greater to-morrow.

G. P. P.
BEND, OREGON,
December 25, 1914.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Some of the material in this book has been printed in substantially the
same form in _Recreation_ whose Editor has kindly sanctioned its further
utilization here.

For the use of many photographs I am indebted to the courtesy of
officials of the Oregon-Washington, and Spokane, Portland and Seattle
railways.

G. P. P.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--"OUT WEST" 1

II.--THE VALLEY OF CONTENT 9

III.--THE LAND OF LEGENDS 19

IV.--THE LAND OF MANY LEAGUES 37

V.--HOW THE RAILROADS CAME 54

VI.--THE HOME MAKERS 64

VII.--ON OREGON TRAILS 76

VIII.--UNCLE SAM'S FORESTS 90

IX.--A CANOE ON THE DESCHUTES 105

X.--OLYMPUS 116

XI.--"THE GOD MOUNTAI