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Douglas County, Oregon, stretches west from Crater Lake and the forested peaks of the Cascades until it reaches the shores of the Pacific in a tumult of rolling sand dunes. In this account, author R.J. Guyer recalls the frontier spirit and creative industry that shaped this land of one hundred valleys. Enjoy stories of Lookingglass's two-horse parking meter and Boswell Springs' cure-all mineral waters. Celebrate Reedsport's Olympic gold medalist and Oakland's one-time claim as turkey capital of the world. Remember the devastation of the Roseburg blast and the triumph of the Drain Black Sox's win in the National Baseball Conference World Series. From the establishment of the county to the preservation of historic landmarks, Guyer shares the rich heritage of Douglas County's communities.
Excerpt from Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois Descending to a later time, and one prob ably falling within the historic period, the more tangible traces of an early race of men are found. Of this race, named from the character of their remains, the l\louiid-huil These evidences, though first accepted with great distrust, have been so amplified and con firmed by more recent researches as to leave no room for intelligent dissent to the former exis tence of this race. The remains upon which this conclusion is based, consists, says Mr. Foster in his Pie-historic Races of the United States, of tumuli, symmetrically raised and often inclosed in mathematical figures, such as the square, the octagon and circle, with long lines of circumvallation; of pits in the solid rock, and rubbish heaps formed in the pros. Ecution of their mining operations, and of a variety of utensils wrought in stone, copper. Or moulded in clay. To the uninstructed mind the mounds, doubtless, seem a very slight foun dation upon which to rear the fabric of a national existence, and yet to the archaeol ogist they furnish proof as strong as Holy vvritz in them they find as distinctive charac teristics as mark the pre - historic remains of the Pelasgi, the wall - builders of Europe, a not dissimilar race in many respects, and one which long ago found a place in the realities of his tory; and while they differ in external form, and are scattered over a wide scope of country - characteristics in marked contrast with those of the aboriginal race found here in possession of the county; yet the scientist finds in each mound the never-failing marks of a race peculiarity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Mildred Kanipe was a strong-willed woman with set ideas. Nobody told her what to do or how to do it. When they tried, she just smiled and said, "That's interesting," and went ahead and did it her way. Mildred carried a pistol-except when she was at home on the ranch. There she carried a .30-30 rifle. She never married, and except for an occasional hired hand she ran her almost 1,100 acre ranch by herself. All who knew her agree she was an unforgettable character. When she died she left her beloved ranch-the part her family had owned and farmed for over one-hundred years and that she had purchased with her own hard work-to the people of Douglas County Oregon for a park. This is the story of Mildred, the history of the land she loved, and the people who came before and after her.