Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846

By James R. Gibson

In its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive historyof the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based onextensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionaryrecords, and military and private papers, this book traces the crucialtransition of the Pacific Northwest from a fur-trading outpost to anagricultural settlement -- a process which also saw the shift fromBritish to American jurisdiction in the area.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774802197
• ISBN13: 9780774802192
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"