Oregon Argonauts

Oregon Argonauts

Merchant Adventurers on the Western Frontier

by Arhtur L. Throckmorton                 1961 Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon

Library of Congress Catalog Card #61-64035

missionaries, pioneers and McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company in retreat

stimulus of gold, 1848-54: California gold, Oregon's life-line by sea, 'Front Street', Oregon's Emporium

between 2 gold rushes, 1855-61: eastward thrust, economic development 1855-61, 

    wholesale merchants Henry W. Corbett and Henry Failing

gold down the Columbia 1861-69:  from Idaho and Montana, Henry Failing and the Greenback problem, passing of the frontier

photos in center of book with portraits, scenes, and equipment such as ships