Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats

Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats

335 pages === This thesis describes the river towns along the Willamette River in Oregon. River conditions, adaptation of the boats to the river, and steamboat routes shown at ten year intervals illustrate the degree of accessibility of the various towns. Reasons for success or failure in light...

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Main Author: Keeler, Elizabeth Louise
Language:en
Published: University of Oregon 2017
Subjects:
Willamette River Valley
Oregon
Transportation
River steamers
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22967
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spelling ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-229672018-12-20T05:48:40Z Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats Keeler, Elizabeth Louise Willamette River Valley Oregon Transportation River steamers 335 pages This thesis describes the river towns along the Willamette River in Oregon. River conditions, adaptation of the boats to the river, and steamboat routes shown at ten year intervals illustrate the degree of accessibility of the various towns. Reasons for success or failure in light of factors of site, situation, efforts of townsite promoters or lack thereof are evaluated. Increase in population is used as a measure of success. Orientation to the river was reflected in town plans and location of land uses as sh own in early maps and views. 2017-11-14T19:29:26Z 2017-11-14T19:29:26Z 1985-03 Thesis / Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22967 en Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US University of Oregon
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topic Willamette River Valley
Oregon
Transportation
River steamers
spellingShingle Willamette River Valley
Oregon
Transportation
River steamers
Keeler, Elizabeth Louise
Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
description 335 pages === This thesis describes the river towns along the Willamette River in Oregon. River conditions, adaptation of the boats to the river, and steamboat routes shown at ten year intervals illustrate the degree of accessibility of the various towns. Reasons for success or failure in light of factors of site, situation, efforts of townsite promoters or lack thereof are evaluated. Increase in population is used as a measure of success. Orientation to the river was reflected in town plans and location of land uses as sh own in early maps and views.
author Keeler, Elizabeth Louise
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title Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
title_short Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
title_full Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
title_fullStr Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
title_full_unstemmed Willamette Valley River Towns and Steamboats
title_sort willamette valley river towns and steamboats
publisher University of Oregon
publishDate 2017
url http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22967
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