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The Columbia River Gorge is a land of scenic wonder, revered by tourists for its beauty and by recreationalists for its fishing, windsurfing, hiking, and rafting. The region is also a major transportation corridor, home to two vital east-west railroad routes: Burlington Northern Santa Fe on the Washington side of the Columbia River and Union Pacific on the Oregon side. Every day, dozens of freight trains - as well as Amtrak passenger trains - snake...
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The breathtaking scenery of the Pacific Northwest hides a myriad of dark secrets.
From sightings of the Columbia River Sea Serpent, nicknamed "Colossal Claude," to tales of Bigfoot encounters dating back to 1865, strange creatures lurk both on land and at sea. Shipwrecks, drownings, shanghaiing, and nautical superstitions abound. The restless settler spirits of those who lived and died on the Oregon Trail are said to linger alongside apparitions...
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Crime marches on even as millions worldwide are dying because of a tiny crown-shaped virus. The BLD Holistic Detective Agency detective Lou, Dirk, Blackie, and Cheech Le Beak are investigating human and animal trafficking. They are investigating the bank scandal of millions of dollars of dirty money from human and animal trafficking. Their friend JEDI Cosmos is working at the bank, collecting evidence, and now must go into Witness Protection to save...
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72 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.
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Explores the traits and characteristics of a river ecosystem, using the Columbia River Basin as an example. Discusses typical flora and fauna, and the impact that humans have on the river as well.
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In the hardscrabble early days of Portland's seaport, "shanghaiing" or "crimping" ran rampant. The proprietors of crooked saloons and sailors' boardinghouses coerced unwitting patrons to work on commercial ships. Shanghaiers like James Turk, Bunko Kelley and Billy Smith unashamedly forced men into service and stole the wages of their victims. By the 1890s, these shanghaiers had become powerful enough to influence the politics of Astoria and Portland,...
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A war over riches on the Columbia River.
While the Civil War raged, a group of captains, merchants, bankers and gamblers in the Pacific Northwest formed the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The first capitalistic enterprise in the new state, they aimed to develop the richest and most powerful transportation operation in the region, dominating hundreds of miles of river traffic from the Pacific Coast to Montana. Achieving such status was anything...
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xix, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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"A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on...
10) Moon Oregon
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483 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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Stunning coastline, quirky towns, and a breathtaking array of natural wonders: Experience the best of the Beaver State with Moon's expert tips and local know-how, you can experience the best of Oregon. -- adapted from Amazon.com
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Written by Woody Guthrie in 1940, "This land is your land" is one of the United States' most famous songs. Its Oklahoma-born author, Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie, was a complex, multi-talented man whose songs would come to exemplify that strain of American music. Yet his life was a tangle of unresolved contradictions: an indifferent guitar player yet an accomplished musician; three times married, but a perennially unfaithful husband; distant or...
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A comprehensive introduction to cat, offering pet owners the opportunity to understand cat behavior as well as care for their cats. Chapter 1: Why your cat does the things that it does and the basis of typical cat behavior. Chapter 2: The origins of the cat in ancient Egypt and the popular superstitions and beliefs that have surrounded the cat from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Contains money-saving and innovative tips for growing healthier plants and tackling many common garden problems. Bonus feature Plot-2-pot: Learn to grow edible crops regardless of the size of your plot and cook up something wonderful in your pot.
19) River marked
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324 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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Car mechanic and shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has never known any others of her kind. Until now. As Mercy comes to terms with this new information, an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River--and if Mercy and her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, are to have any hope of surviving, they will need all the resources the shifters can offer.
20) The sea runners
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275 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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The story of four indentured servants in Czarist Russia in 1853 who escape and travel to freedom by canoe. In 1853, four Scandinavian indentured laborers in Russian Alaska steal a canoe and begin to paddle south toward the mouth of the Columbia River, twelve hundred miles away.
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