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Field name | Value |
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Title | "An Unfinished History of Transportation in Oregon and Washington" |
Archival Reference | LMC 1322 |
Sub-collection | Ellison Manuscripts, 1790-1949 |
Author | Gill, Frank B. |
Date | 1912 |
Document Type | Notes |
Contents | Account of transportation in Oregon. Mostly made up of numerous articles in the Pacific Semaphore titled 'early transportation in Oregon' from 1900-1920. |
Sub-collection Information | The Ellison mss., 1790-1949, consist of materials compiled by Robert Spurrier Ellison, 1875-1945, oil producer. Ellison was from Casper, Wyoming, vice-president of Midwest Refining Company, and dedicated to preserving historic reminders of pioneer virtues.The collection includes correspondence, memorandum books, overland diaries, journals of travel by water, accounts of skirmishes with Indians, and transportation in the Far West. |
Region | American Southwest, California & Mexico |
Subjects | Travel and Transportation Industry Hudson's Bay Company Commerce and Trade Military History Industry Steamboats Media and Journalism Migration Settlers and Settlement River Railroads |
Places | Washington; Oregon; Astoria; Portland; San Francisco; Seattle |
People | Gill, Frank B. Chenoweth, F.A. Denny, Arthur A. |
Themes | Exploration, Expeditions & Travel; Business, Trade & Commerce |
Library | Lilly Library, Indiana University |
Copyright | Lilly Library, Indiana University |