ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the winter of 1983–84 I first approached Richard Maxwell Brown, of the University of Oregon, with my desire to trace the history of the relationship between humans and the landscape on the local level in the Pacific Northwest. From that moment, Professor Brown has been a constant and enthusiastic supporter of my work. His guidance, his generosity with time and advice, and his willingness to let me stand on my own helped me turn my then rather amorphous ideas into a dissertation, and now into the book before you. I owe to Professor Brown more than I can express in words.

As with any project of this type, many people lent their assistance, and I wish to thank them. Dennis "Whitey" Lueck taught me much of what I know about ecology and greatly increased my awareness of, and appreciation for, the natural environment. In the writing of early drafts of this manuscript, Whitey also provided editorial assistance, reining in my often rambling prose. Carlos A. Schwantes, of the University of Idaho, offered thoughtful suggestions and encouraged me through the publishing process. Local historians of the Calapooia—Patricia Hoy Hainline, Margaret Standish Carey, and Richard R. Milligan—opened their personal files to me and also pointed out numerous other little-known and sometimes privately owned sources. I am especially thankful to a very kind and caring anonymous reviewer for the University of California Press, who had an important influence on the final version of

this book. I am indebted, too, to the many historians who have gone before me and on whose work I drew for this study.

A number of friends, colleagues, family members, and teachers either lent moral support or read various forms of my manuscript and offered their thoughtful criticisms. They include the late Mary Anteaux, Edwin R. Bingham, Ross Bunnell, Stephanie Christelow, Glen A. Love, Nancy McFadden, Paul C. Pitzer, and Louise C. Wade. I am also grateful to Anne Montgomery not only for reading and commenting on my manuscript but also for our frequent hikes in the Oregon outdoors. Our saunter through the Willamette Valley's Finley National Wildlife Refuge, on a beautiful fall day in October 1987, enabled me to overcome one of my bouts with writer's block and move on to produce chapter 1. I also thank my parents, E. Guy and Olga M. Boag, for their love and support through the various stages of this undertaking.

During my years of work on this project I also received support from the graduate schools and departments of history at both the University of Oregon and Idaho State University. The staffs at the University of Oregon's Knight Library, the Oregon Historical Society, the Oregon State Library and Archives, and the Lane County and the Linn County Historical Museums all aided me in my research. I need to make special mention of the local history and genealogical contributors to the Brownsville (Oregon) Community Library. Because of their determination that records of their ancestors be maintained and made available, that otherwise small library contains a wealth of information without which this study would have been impossible. I especially thank Nancy Lane, former librarian there, for giving me free access to the collection.

I am also indebted to the various editors at the University of California Press who worked with me and my manuscript. Specifically, I wish to thank Lynne Withey, Sandria B. Freitag, Pamela MacFarland Holway, and Dan Gunter.

Finally, I am thankful that this project took me away from the desk and computer, outside libraries and archives, and onto the land. I will fondly remember the countless times I traveled to the Calapooia and into other areas of the Willamette Valley, went for walks, viewed the landscape, and tried to understand the landscape's side of the story.