2 comments about Frommer's Oregon.

1. This is a great book for an overview of the total state. If you are looking for lots of info on one particular area this probably isn't what you are after, but it gives a good description of each area. We found it useful for our trip but not terribly in depth about each area.



2. An essential guide to travelling throughout Oregon! It was a life- saver during those times that we would enter a town and want to know what there was to see or do in it. I used it everyday on my 7 day vacation! I will continue to purchase Frommer's products for whatever destination I am planning.

1 comments about Eugene, Oregon Walks.

1. I attended the U of Oregon back in the 1980s and used to do many walks around Eugene then. This book brings me back to the many walks I did then, and even more to the ones I look forward to doing next time I visit Eugene. If you love Eugene, you'll love this book!

No comments about Rand Mcnally Champion Map Pendleton, Oregon.

No comments about Oregon.

2 comments about Journal of Travels: Over the Oregon Trail in 1845.

1. This book in the form of a diary was foremostly a handbook by and for an emigrant on the Oregon Trail. Palmer took the Trail in 1845, within 5 years of the first practical wagon crossing of it and had published his book within 2 years. It contained practical advice on the composition of the train,the ill-defined route, chosing nightly camp sites and the daily problems facing the pioneers. With wonderful practical advice on the choice of wagons, animals, supplies and proposed progress. His observations of the land crossed, native people encountered and perilous problems facing the pioneers, particularly of the desperate forcing of a road around Mount Hood in appalling conditions, are made with the eye of a seasoned traveler. Although the prose retains the flavour of having been written contemporaneously, it is easily assimilated by the modern reader. However, armchair pioneers will benefit greatly from access to a topographical map of the route which will supplement the somewhat limited sketches from the original documents.



2. Thanks to Joel Palmer's artistic writing abilities and keen observations, we have a sweeping visual perception of what it was like to travel along the Oregon Trail in 1845-46. Palmer is very descriptive of landforms, climate, people he met, and all the other happenstances not only along the Oregon Trail itself, but also of Oregon. He was one of few to blaze a new wagon road from the Dalles, around Mt. Hood to the Williamette Valley, which was later referred to as the Barlow Cutoff. Also included are excellent descriptions of the disastrous Stephen Meek wagon party; Oregon City in its infancy; advice to future emigrants; economic and agricultural possibilities in Oregon; etc. There is also a somewhat lengthy but insightful and prophetic letter from Reverend Spalding to Palmer with his thoughts and descriptions of Oregon.
   I did find it somewhat peculiar though that Palmer's advice to emigrants mirrors the same advice of Overton Johnson's "Route Across the Rocky Mountains" published a year earlier. A map would be handy for those unfamiliar with the geography as the one included is quite vague. Still, a great book.

No comments about Oregon Coast Recreational Atlas: A Guide to Natural Resources and Recreational Opportunities.

No comments about Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity.

1 comments about Exploring the North Coast.

1. I had a fine time reading Exploring the North Coast. It covers all the little towns and tourist spots all the way up the coast on hwy1 and hwy 101. More interesting are the different Rocks and Rock formations all up the coast. The California coast has some of the greatest and most powerful Rocks of any place, and this guide mentions more than a few. However it does cover the disturbing trend that civilzation has of mutilating and destroying the giant rocks that get in their way. Like Goat Rock who was hacked away and dumped to form a useless harbor. This book is unique in that it is inclusive of some information about California Indians, in the context of where they live. This information helps one get a more well-rounded view of the history of California.

No comments about Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, Etc..

No comments about The Hikers Guide to Oregon (A Falcon guide).