Harney County Oregon and Its Range Land
Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1951.
First Edition. Hardcover.
Published "Under Sponsorship of The Harney County Historical Society, Burns, Oregon."
The history of Harney County from prehistoric times to 1950 with chapters (among others) on the first inhabitants, fur traders, emigrant trails, exploration by Harney's troops, the gold rush, roads, cattle ranching, the first newspaper, schools, Fort Harney, Malheur Indian Reservation, the Bannock War, Burns, Railroads, the forming of the county, the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, growth of churches, etc.
Item #9013446-1/4 x 9-3/8", orange cloth with green titles and outline front board, 316pp, brief biography of General William Selby Harney, preface by the author, appendix, sources, index, illustrated with map (1) and historic photographs (48).
Bookplate with owner's name obliterated first free endpaper, faint staining rear board, tight, square, internally clean, very good in soiled dust wrapper in protective mylar.
Price: $50.00