Oregon: Facts Regarding Its Climate, Soil, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Means of Communication, Commerce and Industry, Laws, etc., etc. For General Information. With Maps.
by (OREGON)
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Oregon State Board of Immigration, 1876. First edition. Octavo. 44, [1, State Board of Immigration as[, [1, Union & Central Pacific ad] pp. plus two folding maps (Western Oregon & Routes from Atlantic Ports to Oregon). Disbound but clean.Portland had created the Board of Statistics, Immigration and Labor Exchange in 1869.28 The Oregon State Board of Immigration was organized in 1874 and this was their first publication. There were bureaus in Portland and Boston, the port of entry and a commercial center, to disseminate information about the Oregon country. Booklets were printed in German, Norwegian and Swedish as well as in English, and notices appeared in European newspapers. Oregon remains underpopulated to this day.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74839
- Title
- Oregon: Facts Regarding Its Climate, Soil, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Means of Communication, Commerce and Industry, Laws, etc., etc. For General Information. With Maps.
- Author
- (OREGON)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oregon State Board of Immigration
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
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Portland, Oregon
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