Willamette Landings: Ghost Towns of the River SIGNED in Dust Jacket 1947 Howard McKinley Corning - Steamboat - River - History - Oregon

Title: Willamette Landings: Ghost Towns of the River

Author: Howard McKinley Corning

Description: Signed by the author with a generic inscription on the half-title page. Beige boards stamped in green. Map endpapers. Pages clean. Dust jacket shows a few small chips; a couple closed tears; not price clipped ($3.00). DJ in archival sleeve. 201 pp. 8.75 x 6 inches.

A history of the towns and landings on the Willamette River that were serviced by steamboats prior to the advent of railroads. Includes an index of almost 200 landings, as compiled by Capt. Arthur Riggs in 1940.

Howard McKinley Corning (1896-1977) was a poet and historian. During the 1930s he served as an editor and supervisor for the Oregon Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, the work for which led to his writing of both this book (1947) and A Dictionary of Oregon History (1956).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Binfords & Mort for the Oregon Historical Society
Place: [Portland, Oregon]
Year: 1947

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: history, Willamette River, Willamette Falls, Oregon, steamboats, river landings, Lot Whitcomb, Oregon City, Buena Vista, Linn City, Yamhill,