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A Voyage Round the World, by Gustavus Hines (page images at MOA)
Das westliche Nordamerika zwischen dem 42. und 55. Breitengrade, von Dr. Karl Friesach. Mit einer Karte. (Wien, F. B. Geitler, 1865), by Karl Friesach (page images at HathiTrust)
Miners and travelers' guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, via the Missouri and Columbia rivers. - (New York: Arno Press, 1973 [c1865]), by John Mullan (page images at HathiTrust)
Wild life in Oregon : being a stirring recital of actual scenes of daring and peril among the gigantic forests and terrific rapids of the Columbia river (the Mississippi of the Pacific slope) : and giving live-like pictures of terrific encounters with savages ... including a full, fair and reliable history of the state of Oregon, its crops, minerals, timber lands, soil, fisheries : its present greatness, and future vast capabilities, and paramount position / by Gustavus Hines. (New York : R. Worthington, [1887]), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Lewis & Dryden's marine history of the Pacific Northwest; an illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry, from the advent of the earliest navigators to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well known marine men, edited by E.W. Wright. (Portland, Or., Lewis & Dryden Printing Company, 1895), by E. W. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific. Oregon: its history condition and prospects: containing a description of the geography, climate and productions, with personal adventures among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while connected with the Oregon mission: embracing extended notes of a voyage around the world. By. Rev. Gustavus Hines. (Buffalo, G.H. Derby and co., 1851), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific : Oregon, its history, condition and prospects, containing a description of the geography, climate and productions with personal adventures among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while connected with the Oregon Mission, embracing extended notes of a voyage around the world / by Gustavus Hines. (New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1857, c1850), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific : Oregon, its history, condition and prospects : containing a description of the geography, climate and productions, with personal adventures among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while connected with the Oregon mission : embracing extended notes of a voyage around the world / by Gustavus Hines. (New York : C. M. Saxton, c1850, t.p. 1859), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Greek letter men of the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain states / compiled by Will J. Maxwell. (New York : College Book Co., 1903), by W. J. Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust)
Up-to-the-times magazine. (Walla Walla, Wash. : Walla Walla Pub. Co., 1906-) (page images at HathiTrust)
The conquest; the true story of Lewis and Clark, by Eva Emery Dye ... (Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Company, 1912), by Eva Emery Dye (page images at HathiTrust)
A voyage round the world: with a history of the Oregon mission: and notes of several years residence on the plains bordering the Pacific Ocean ... adventures among the Indians ... to which is appended a full description of Oregon Territory ... By Rev. Gustavus Hines ... (Buffalo, G.H. Derby, 1850), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise view of Oregon territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official letters and reports, together with the organic laws of the colony, by Elijah White ... (Washington, T. Barnard, printer, 1846), by Elijah White (page images at HathiTrust)
Miners and travelers' guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado : Via the Missouri and Columbia rivers / Accompanied by a general map of the mineral region of the northern sections of the Rocky Mountains. (New York : W.M. Franklin, 1865), by John Mullan (page images at HathiTrust)
The Souvenir of western women / edited by Mary Osborn Douthit. (Portland, Or. : Presses of Anderson & Duniway Co., 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific. (New York, C. M. Saxton, Barker & co., 1859), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Songs from Puget sea. By Herbert Bashford. (San Francisco, The Whitaker & Ray company (incorporated), 1898), by Herbert Bashford (page images at HathiTrust)
A general directory and business guide of the principal towns in the upper country, (San Francisco, A. Gensoul, 1866), by George Owens (page images at HathiTrust)
Address on the Northwest, before the American geographical and statistical society, delivered at New York, December 2, 1858, by Isaac I. Stevens. (Washington, G. S. Gideon, printer, 1858), by Isaac Ingalls Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
A voyage round the world: with a history of the Oregon mission ... To which is appended a full description of Oregon Territory, its geography, history and religion; designed for the benefit of emigrants to that rising country. (Buffalo, G. H. Derby and co., 1850), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
"More power to you", by Fred Lockley and Marshall N. Dana. (Portland, Or., The Oregon journal, 1934), by Fred Lockley (page images at HathiTrust)
Outline studies in the history of the Northwest / prepared by Frederick J. Turner. (Chicago : C.H. Kerr, 1888), by Frederick Jackson Turner (page images at HathiTrust)
The rice mills of Port Mystery / by B. F. Heuston. (Chicago : Charles H. Kerr, 1892, c1891), by Benjamin Franklin Heuston (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific. Oregon; its history, condition and prosepcts: (Buffalo, G. H. Derby and co., 1851), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
Seek the dark gold : a story of the Scots fur traders / by Jo Evalin Lundy ; illustrated by Edward Shenton. (Philadelphia : Winston, c1951), by Jo Evalin Lundy (page images at HathiTrust)
Mazama (Portland, Or) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Normal abundance of radium in cadavers from the Pacific Northwest / by R. F. Palmer and F. B. Queen. (Richland, Wash. : Hanford Atomic Products Operation, 1956), by R. F. Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
Life on the plains of the Pacific. Oregon : its history, condition and prospects: containing a description of the geography, climate and productions, with personal adventures among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while connected with the Oregon mission: embracing extended notes of a voyage around the world / By Rev. Gustavus Hines. (Buffalo : G. H. Derby and co. [etc. etc.], 1852), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Archival resources

Guide to records in the National Archives : Pacific Northwest Region. (Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 1989) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Bibliography

Pacific northwest; ([Seattle], 1910), by Katherine Berry Judson (page images at HathiTrust)
Northwest books, report of the Committee on Books of the Inland Empire Council of Teachers of English, 1942; review of over 1100 books, selected magazine bibliography. (Portland, Or., Binfords & Mort, [1942]), by Inland Empire Council of Teachers of English (page images at HathiTrust)
Subject index to the history of the Pacific northwest and of Alaska as found in the United States government documents, congressional series, in the American state papers, and in other documents, 1789-1881; (Qlympia, Wash., F. M. Lamborn, public printer, 1913), by Katherine Berry Judson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Books on the Pacific northwest for small libraries, comp. by Eleanor Ruth Rockwood, reference librarian, Library association, Portland, Oregon. (New York, The H. W. Wilson company; [etc.,etc.], 1923), by Eleanor Ruth Rockwood (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Church history

How Marcus Whitman saved Oregon : a true romance of patriotic heroism, Christian devotion, and final martyrdom ; with sketches of life on the plains and mountains in pioneer days / by Oliver W. Nixon ; introduction by Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus. (Chicago : Star, 1896), by Oliver W. Nixon (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Clay

Physical and chemical properties of some Pacific Northwest halloysitic clays / by Hal J. Kelly, George J. Carter, and Thomas R. Rehm. ([Washington, D.C.] : Bureau of Mines, [1963]), by Hal J. Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Climate

Climates of the Northwest : being condensed notes of a lecture / delivered by Hon. S. Garfielde. (Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1872), by S. Garfielde (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Commerce

The external trade of the Pacific Northwest; a study of the net receipts and net shipments of the region, 1934 to 1939. (Portland, Or., 1942), by Pacific Northwest regional planning commission, (page images at HathiTrust)
Supplementary analysis of the external trade of the Pacific Northwest; an interpretive analysis, with special reference to potential regional industries and markets, of data presented in The external trade of the Pacific Northwest, published by Pacific Northwest regional planning commission, Bonneville power administration, and Northwest regional council, June 1942, by James E. Maxwell. (Portland, Or., Pacific Northwest regional planning commission, National resources planning board, Region 9, 1942), by James E. Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel

Adventures on the Columbia River: Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains Among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together With a Journey Across the American Continent (New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832), by Ross Cox (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests, and Isthmiana, by Theodore Winthrop (HTML and page images at LOC)
Life at Puget Sound, With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California (1884), by Caroline C. Leighton (DjVu at secstate.wa.gov)
Selected Journals, by John Work (HTML at xmission.com)
Snake Country Journals, by Peter Skene Ogden (HTML at xmission.com)
Wonderland: or, The Pacific Northwest and Alaska (Chicago: Rand McNally, c1888), by John Hyde (page images at LOC)
The tourist's Northwest / (New York : Dodd, Mead, 1916), by Ruth Kedzie Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
The Pacific Northwest. (Chicago, Ill. : Published by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition : Seattle, June 1-October 16, 1909. (St. Paul, Minn. : General Passenger Dept., Northern Pacific Railway, [1909]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Gold hunting in the Cascade Mountains; a full and complete history of the gold discoveries in the Cascade Mountains; notes of travel, with incidents of the journey through that wild and unbroken region; together with an account of the red men who dwell in that lonely abode of nature, their habits and customs, religion, traditions, etc. (Vancouver, [New Haven, Yale University Library, 1861), by pseud Loo-Wit Lat-Kla (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M., in the years 1835, '36, and '37; containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs of the natives ... by Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. (Ithaca, N.Y., Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, 1842), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Astoria, or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains / by Washington Irving. (Paris : Baudry's European Library, 1836), by Washington Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
The Oregon Territory : a geographical account of that country and its inhabitants with outlines of its history and discovery / by the Rev. C. G. Nicolay. (London Charles Knight & Co., 1846), by C. G. Nicolay (page images at HathiTrust)
A voyage round the world : with a history of the Oregon mission : and notes of several years residence on the plains, bordering the Pacific Ocean : comprising an account of interesting adventures among the Indians West of the Rocky Mountains : to which is appended a full description of Oregon Territory, its geography, history, and religion, designed for the benefit of emigrants to that rising country / by Gustavus Hines. (Buffalo [N.Y.] : G.H. Derby, 1850), by Gustavus Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
The Northwestern Pacific coastal regions: Oregon, Washington Territory and British Columbia; their products, physical features and future prospects, together with the best routes by which they can be reached. ([Chicago, Chicago & North-Western Railway, 1884?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Uncle Rufus and Ma, : story of a summer jaunt, with their friends, in the new northwest. ([s.l. : s.n.], 1882), by William H. Beckett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ox-team days on the Oregon trail, by Ezra Meeker. Rev. and ed. by Howard R. Driggs ... illustrated with drawings by F.N. Wilson and with photographs. (Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y. : World Book Co., 1922), by Ezra Meeker (page images at HathiTrust)
Journal of the exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions, in the years 1835, '36, and '37; containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the number, manners, and customs of the natives: with a map of Oregon Territory. By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. (Ithaca, N.Y., The author, Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, printers, 1840), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the American board of commissions for foreign missions, in the years 1835, '36, and '37; containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs of the natives: with a map of Oregon Territory / By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. (Ithaca, N.Y. : Mack, Andrus, and Woodruff, 1844), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Tagebuch einer Reise über das Felsengebirge nach dem Oregongebiet von Samuel Parker ... (Dresden, Walthersche Hofbuchhandlung, 1840), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Ten years in Oregon. Travels and adventures of Doctor E. White and lady, west of the Rocky mountains, with incidents of two sea voyages via Sandwich islands around cape Horn, containing, also, a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country ... description of the soil, production and climate. Comp. by Miss A. J. Allen. (Ithaca, N.Y., Andrus, Gauntlett, & Co., 1850), by A. J. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
Skyline camps : a notebook of a wanderer over our northwestern Rockies, Cascade Mountains and Crater Lake / by Walter Prichard Eaton. ([Boston] : W. A. Wilde, c1922), by Walter Prichard Eaton (page images at HathiTrust)
A brief narrative of the journeys of David Thompson in north-western America. (Toronto, The Copp, Clark company, 1888), by Joseph Burr Tyrrell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains : under the direction of the A. B. C. F. M. containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, production of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs of the natives: With a map of Oregon Territory / by Samuel Parker. (Ithaca, N.Y. : Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett ; Boston : Crocker & Brewster ; New York : Huntington & Savage : Robinson, Pratt, & Co. ; Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowper-Thwait, & Co. ; London : Wiley & Putnam, 1844), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the territory of Oregon, by a committee, appointed at a meeting of the citizens of Columbus, to collect information in relation thereto. (Columbus, O., Ohio statesman, 1843), by O. Citizens' Committee Columbus (page images at HathiTrust)
Visit the Pacific Northwest. (Portland, Or., Binfords & Mort, [1948]), by Ray Hoard Glassley (page images at HathiTrust)
The canoe and the saddle; or, Klalam and Klickatat, by Theodore Winthrop. To which are now first added his western letters and journals. Ed., with an introduction and notes, by John H. Williams ... With sixteen color plates and more than one hundred other illustrations. (Tacoma : J. H. Williams, 1913), by Theodore Winthrop (page images at HathiTrust)
Wonderland or, The Pacific Northwest and Alaska : with a description of the country traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad / by John Hyde. (Chicago : Rand McNally, c1888), by John Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
A journey through wonderland : or, The Pacific northwest and Alaska, with a description of the country traversed by the Northern Pacific railroad / By Elia W. Peattie. ([Chicago : Rand, McNally & co.], c1890), by Elia Wilkinson Peattie (page images at HathiTrust)
A journey to Alaska. By Henry Villard. <Reprinted from "The New York evening post."> ([New York, 1899?]), by Henry Villard (page images at HathiTrust)
A geographical sketch of that part of North America, called Oregon: containing an account of the Indian title;--the nature of a right of sovereignty;--the first discoveries;--climate and seasons;--face of the country and mountains--natural divisions, physical appearance and soil of each;--forests and vegetable productions;--rivers, bays; &c.; islands, &c.; animals;--the disposition of the Indians, and the number and situation of their tribes;--together with an essay on the advantages resulting from a settlement of the territory. To which is attached a new map of the country. By Hall J. Kelley, A.M. (Boston, J. Howe, 1830), by Hall J. Kelley (page images at HathiTrust)
Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M. performed in the years 1835, '36, and '37; containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, and productions; and the number, manners, and customs of the natives. With a map of Oregon territory. By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. (Ithaca, N.Y., The author, 1838), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
The journal of John Work : a chief trader of the Hudson's Bay Co., during his expedition from Vancouver to the Flatheads and Blackfeet of the Pacific Northwest / edited, and with an account of the fur trade in the Northwest, and life of Work, by William S. Lewis and Paul C. Phillips. (Cleveland : Arthur H. Clark, 1923), by John Work (page images at HathiTrust)
Notices & voyages of the famed Quebec mission to the Pacific Northwest: being the correspondence, notices, etc., of Fathers Blanchet and Demers, together with those of Fathers Bolduc and Langlois. Containing much remarkable information on the areas and inhabitants of the Columbia, Walamette, Cowlitz, and Fraser Rivers, Nesqually Bay, Puget Sound, Whidby, and Vancouver Islands, while on their arduous mission to the engages of the Hudson's Bay Company and the pagan natives, 1838 to 1847. With accounts of several voyages around Cape Horn to Valparaiso and to the Sandwich Islands, etc. Englished out of the French by Carl Landerholm from related papers and documents in the Oregon Historical Society collections. ([Portland, Published for the] Oregon Historical Society [by the Champoeg Press, Reed College], 1956) (page images at HathiTrust)
Ten years in Oregon. Travels and adventures of Dr. E. White and lady, West of the Rocky Mountains; with incidents of two sea voyages via Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn, containing, also, a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country ... description of the soil, production and climate. comp. by Miss A.J. Allen. (Ithaca, N.Y. Press of Andrus, Guantlett, & Co., 1850), by A. J. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
Journal kept by David Douglas during his travels in North America, 1823-1827, (London, W. Wesley, 1914), by David Douglas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, (Ithaca, N.Y., The author, Mack, Andrus & Woodruff, printers, 1840), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington; embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a description of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the ... original territory of Oregon: also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers and more prominent men and women of the Pacific Nortwest, including a ... description of the climate, soil, productions ... of Oregon and Washington ... (Portland, Or., North Pacific history company, [1889]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Blazing the way; or, Pioneer experiences in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, by W. W. Van Dusen. (Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham, [c1905]), by W. W. Van Dusen (page images at HathiTrust)
Washington Territory and the far Northwest : Oregon, Idaho and Montana. A guide for the capitalist, tourist, sportsman, prospector and home-seeker. (Chicago, Ballard & co., 1889), by D. P.] Ballard (page images at HathiTrust)
The river of the West. Life and adventure in the Rocky mountains and Oregon; embracing events in the life-time of a mountain-man and pioneer: with the early history of the north western slope, including an account of the fur traders... Also a description of the country. (Hartford, Conn., R. W. Bliss & Company, 1870), by Frances Fuller Victor (page images at HathiTrust)
Annotated time table of the transcontinental lines of the Great Northern Railway across the great northwest. ([St. Paul, Minn.] : Passenger Traffic Dept., Great Northern Railway, 1914), by Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). Passenger Traffic Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
A journey beyond the Rocky mountains in 1835, 1836, and 1837. By the Rev. Samuel Parker, A. M. Corrected and extended in the present edition. (Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1841), by Samuel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon / par M. de Saint-Amant. (Paris : L. Maison, 1854), by Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (page images at HathiTrust)
Voyage en Californie, 1850-1851 : Navigation sur les deux océans, passage de l'Isthme de Panama, arrivée à San-Francisco : Suivi du tarif des douanes en Californie. (Paris : Garnier frères, 1851), by M. de Saint-Amant (page images at HathiTrust)
Gold hunting in the Cascade Mountains : a full and complete history of the gold discoveries in the Cascade Mountains ; notes of travel, etc. (Vancouver, Wt. : L.E.V. Coon, 1861 [Repr. New Haven, Yale University, 1957]), by Loo-Wit-Lat-Kla (page images at HathiTrust)
Life at Puget Sound, with sketches of travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon, and California, 1865-1881; by Caroline C. Leighton. (Boston, Lee & Shepard, New York, Charles T. Dillingham, 1884), by Caroline C. Leighton (page images at HathiTrust)
The diary of Eli Shelton Glover, October-December, 1875; transcribed from the original by the Oregon Historical records survey project, Division of professional and service project, Work projects administration. Sponsored by the University of Oregon. (Portland, Or., The Orgen Historical records survey project, 1939), by Eli Sheldon Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California, by Caroline C. Leighton (Gutenberg ebook)

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