| Title | Rural Settlement and Resources of the Alsea Valley |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1954 |
| Authors | Northam, Ray Mervyn |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Natural Resources |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 114 p. |
| University | Oregon State College |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 1955 80, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River, Alsea River Basin, Brownley Dairy Farm, Bummer Creek, Canal Creek, Crooked (Spencer) Creek, dams, Digger Mountain, Fall Creek, farming, Five Rivers, Grass Creek, historical, Honey Grove Creek, hydrology, John Newman Farm, L.J. Stow Ranch, Lobsterr Creek, logging, Maltby Dairy Farm, Missouri Bend, North Fork Alsea River, recreational fisheries, Scott Creek, South Fork Alsea River, Sudan Creek, Taylor’s Landing, water rights, water supply |
| Notes | This Master’s thesis examines the Alsea River Basin in the early 1950s, from the days when Waldport could boast 690 residents. The emphasis is on economic activity, from farming to logging to recreational fisheries. There are numerous maps and bw photographs. Nice studies of individual farms and enterprises. If you care about the history of the Alsea Basin, you should look at this. Major porfessor was J. Granville Jensen. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/f1881q505 |
Biblio Terms: