History of Linn County Oregon Local History Settlement Towns Schools Name Index

Title: History of Linn County, Oregon

Author: Charles Oluf Olsen; Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon

Description: Card covers. Some light soiling to front cover and along fore-edge. Brief inscription on title page; one name correction made to text; a few names are highlighted or checked in lists at rear. 128 pp. 11 x 8.5 inches.

Retyped and formatted from the original manuscript of 1941, preserving the exact text and spellings. There are a couple added features: a complete name index and a couple maps, one of them being a fold-out map of Linn County 1887 noting the location of past and present towns.

Contents: Introduction; Settlement; Indian Wars; Towns; County Seat Question; Transportation; Development of Communications, Light and Power; Agriculture; Industry and Commerce; Newspapers; Churches; Schools; Political Trends; Bibliography; Women's Honor Roll and List of Linn County Pioneers; Index of Donation Land Claim Holders; Index of Names.

Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: [L. M. Wheeler]
Place: n/a
Year: 1982