(Oregon Historical) Mapping An American Frontier" Oregon In 1850 West and environs

and environs

Called the "perfect map of the country and its situation" it gave a dependable view and includes a stunning inset for the still very young "Nieuw Yorck"

B & W as issued

From wildlife to dancing

this cave was known to the Lakota and considered an entry point to the underworld

(Oregon Historical) Mapping An American Frontier" Oregon In 1850 West and environs(Oregon Historical) Mapping An American Frontier" Oregon In 1850, William A. Bowen, 1975A brilliantly imagined work that unveils something of the demographics and life along the Oregon frontier. Primarily informed by the U. S. census data, Bowen pulls together these streams of data to chart out facets of life, such as population, beef cattle and notably "Households Containing Persons Born In Tennessee". The later map hints at the waves of settlement