starting portland frontier community

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Starting over: Community Building on the Eastern Oregon Frontier
William F. Willingham

Oregon Historical Society Press, 2006

Prior to the early 1870s, Long Creek Valley was an isolated oasis of bunch grass and wildlife surrounded by rugged, heavily timbered mountains. Among the valley's first white settlers, lured by the abundance of grass and water, were William F. Willingham's great-grandparents. During summer visits as a child, he listened to his elderly relatives' stories about growing up on the frontier. In "Starting Over", the author draws on a range of sources ...

Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, 1850-1950 (Classic Houses)

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William J., III Hawkins, William F. Willingham

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005

Superbly Done
At first blush, the following may sound like what the late SPY magazine referred to as "logrolling." What I mean is that when I began researching a project about Portland architecture, the gentleman I most wanted to consult on the topic was William J. Hawkins, III. He is well known for his erudition, depth of knowledge, and courtliness, and I counted myself lucky that he had time to lend me a ...