| Title | A history of Benton County, Oregon including its geology, topography, soil and productions |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1885 |
| Authors | Fagan, David D. |
| Publisher | A.G. Walling |
| City | Portland, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley F882.B4 F2 |
| Keywords | agriculture, Alsea Bay, Alsea River, demographics, history, navigation, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), Siletz Reservation, Siletz River, Yachats River, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River |
| Notes | Written just a few years after the area was opened for settlement, and when the Yachats watershed was still part of Benton County, Fagan's history gives a good look at the beginnings of villages and commerce in the area. Chapter 35 (geography) and 53 (Alsea, Lower Alsea, and Tide Water Precincts) are of particular interest. "Immediately below this the Yahuts, a stream about two hundred feet in width empties into the Pacific. For about two miles up this stream the bottoms are narrow and covered with a thick growth of spruce timber. . . Still below the Yahuts is a belt of prairie on which are numerous shell mounds marking the location of Indian camps, for perhaps hundreds of years past." (p.502) |
