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Originally published in 1913.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1903.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1919.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1886.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1919.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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American pioneers on the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Coast
As soon as the first European settlers arrived on the eastern coast of North American they started moving westward.At first they were seeking better farmlands in the Connecticut Valley or up the James River.Before the Revolutionary War they had already adopted the Conestoga wagons of western Pennsylvania as their moving vans.Many of the eastern states had their pioneer roads, most of which have been long forgotten, but the Oregon Trial, the first road to the Pacific Ocean, is still recalled as the greatest of all the trails.In this volume for the American Heritage Junior Library, Marian T. Place tells the story of the history of the trail and what it was like for American settlers to travel "Westward on the Oregon Trail."

The Oregon Trail was the longest and hardest road followed by American pioneers because between the starting point in Missouri and the Willamette Valley in the Oregon country, the land was not habitable (due to Indians and irrigation problems).Place tells the story of these pioneers based mostly on records by actual travelers.The result takes the form of a romance, with pioneers who were not only tough and courageous, but also visionaries as well who face the future with hope and imagination, reminding older readers of Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" (which apparently is not in vogue any more amongst historians).Place provides a chronological look at the history of the Oregon Trail while devoting chapters to the stories of the trappers, the Mormons, and the Gold Rush.

"Westward on the Oregon Trail" is illustrated with contemporary drawings and paintings that provide young readers with a sense of the strange and forbidding landscapes these pioneers traveled from Missouri to Oregon.There are also photographs of the hardy men and women who were seeking their own Promised Land.One of the engaging sub-texts of this book is the idea that the adventures of pioneers on the Oregon Trail was a modern version of the Israelites searching for the land of milk and honey (the land of timber and salmon?). As is always the case with these American Heritage Junior Library volumes, this books is wonderfully illustrated and will provide young students with more information about this subject than they will find in their standard American History textbook. ... Read more

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An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail. ... Read more

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Chapters: Lemelson Foundation, Oregon Library Association, Society for Values in Higher Education, Eugene Concert Choir, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, Andeo, Bikes to Rwanda, 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts, Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon, Oregon Center for Public Policy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lemelson Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) philanthropy founded in 1993 by Jerome H. Lemelson and his wife Dorothy. Lemelson believed invention and innovation were key to American economic success and dynamism, yet he was also deeply concerned that American businesses and society were ignoring the origins of this innovation, which he believed were the minds and achievements of American inventors. Lemelson conceived of the idea of a foundation that would support and celebrate independent inventors when he himself was a struggling young inventor. He envisioned a foundation that would promote the idea that young people should have scientists and inventors as their role models, and provide support for these budding inventors through grants that would give college inventors without seed capital the ability to develop, refine, and take their inventions to market. A memorial video produced after Lemelson's death includes this statement he made in 1996: "I have had a substantial amount of success in the last five years licensing my patents, and I feel I have an obligation to plow back a portion of the income I made to improve the lot of the inventor in America, and to improve the future economy of this country". Jerome Lemelson created the Lemelson Foundation to promote these ideas and values. Based in Portland, Oregon, the foundation has donated or committed over $140 million to support education, invention, and innovation. In addition to nu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16908574 ... Read more

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Chapters: Eagle's Nest Art Colony, Ogle County Courthouse, Chana School, Oregon Public Library, Oregon Commercial Historic District, Black Hawk Statue, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot (Oregon, Illinois), Pinehill Inn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Eagle's Nest Art Colony, known in more modern times as the Lorado Taft Field Campus, was founded in 1898 by American sculptor Lorado Taft on the bluffs flanking the east bank of the Rock River, overlooking Oregon, Illinois. The colony was populated by Chicago artists, all members of the Chicago Art Institute or the University of Chicago art department, who gathered in Ogle County to escape the summer heat of Chicago. The colony complex has been used as a field campus for Northern Illinois University since 66 acres (27 ha) of Lowden State Park were turned over to the university by the state of Illinois. The present-day view from Eagle's Nest Bluff overlooking the Rock RiverThe Eagle's Nest Art Colony Association was founded in 1898 by American sculptor Lorado Taft on the bluffs flanking the east bank of the Rock River, overlooking Oregon, Illinois. The colony was populated by Chicago artists, all members of the Chicago Art Institute or the University of Chicago art department, who gathered in Ogle County to escape the summer heat of Chicago. The colony was started by eleven men, all artists, architects and art lovers affiliated with Taft in Chicago. The original members were: Taft, Ralph Clarkson, Oliver Dennett Grover, Charles Francis Browne, Henry B. Fuller, Hamlin Garland, Horace Spencer Fiske, James Spencer Dickerson, Allen Bartlit Pond, Irving Kane Pond and Clarence Dickerson. The original members first lived in tents at the colony, later, after the association's constitution...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10084491 ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Oregon Public Library, Oregon Commercial Historic District, Schiller Piano Company, the Soldiers' Monument (Oregon, Illinois), Masonic Temple Lodge No. 420, 302 Washington St., T. Goings Building, 125 S. Fourth St., List of Contributing Properties, Iron Mike, Jacobs Block, Rock River Hotel, Oregon City Hall, Unity Building, Oregon Coliseum, Oregon State Savings Bank Building. Excerpt:125 S. Fourth St. 125 S. Fourth St. is the address of an unnamed historic building in the Ogle County, Illinois city of Oregon . The building is part of the Oregon Commercial Historic District and as such is part of the National Register of Historic Places . The district and its contributing properties were added to the Register in August 2006. The building has been altered somewhat from its original appearance including wood siding added to the first floor level and the addition of signage. It stands near the rest of the 100 Block of South Fourth Street, which includes other historic buildings at 127 S. Fourth St., 121-123 S. Fourth St., to which 125 is adjacent and the Masonic Temple Lodge No. 420 . Notes A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at 302 Washington St. The building at 302 Washington St. in Oregon, Illinois is part of trio of historic Italianate commercial buildings within the boundaries of the Oregon Commercial Historic District from 300-306 Washington. The structure acts mostly as a hallway area between the buildings at 300 Washington St. and the F.G. Jones Block. The interior and exterior have been significantly restored on all three buildings. As part of the Commercial Historic District 300 Washington Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in August 2006. Architecture This two-storey red brick building is detailed with limestone and sits adjacent to the F.... ... Read more

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Chapters: Mark O. Hatfield Library, Branford Price Millar Library, Knight Library, Oregon State Library, the Valley Library. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mark O. Hatfield Library -Founded in 1844, Willamette University's library was started two years after the establishment of the school. The library grew to a size of 2,500 volumes in 1874. University Hall (now Waller Hall), which was built in 1867, was one of the homes of the library in the early years. The library was located on the third floor of the building. The early name for the institution was the Willamette University Library, which by 1901 was a free, general library with both circulating and reference collections. That year the library collection had grown to 4,686 volumes, along with a total of 2,753 pamphlets. By 1909 the school library had 6,000 books valued at $3,500 and Ray D. Fisher as librarian. During November of that year the library received new furniture as Eaton Hall opened, and many departments were moved to it from Waller Hall. The library was re-cataloged in 1912 by Lucia Haley, a specialist from New York City hired by the school for this task. At that time the librarian was Dr. Lyle. Plans at this time called for constructing a building where the Art Building now stands to serve as a memorial to the pioneers of the university. This was to be the future home of the library, but the building was never built. In 1913, the librarian was Mary Field, and the collection was still about 6,000 volumes. Field was replaced the following year by Fannie J. Elliot. On December 17, 1919, a fire gutted Waller Hall, the home of the library. The school rebuilt the interior of the hall, with construction beginning in February 1920. The library was moved to the second floor of the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10153940 ... Read more