The Great Columbia Plain

A Historical Geography, 1805-1910

By: Donald W. Meinig

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Paperback | 1 October 1995 | Edition Number 2

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Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open country that covers the interior parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is today one of the richest farmlands in the nation. This work is the story of its transformation. Meinig traces all of the aspects of its development by combining geographic description with historical narrative.

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A finely drawn and richly documented geography.

--Pacific Historical Review

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Foreword: Ghost Region
A Retrospective Preface
Preface to the Original Edition
Acknowledgments
Setting: Landscapes, Seasons, and People, ca. 1800	p. 3
Entry: By East and by North	p. 26
Competition: By Land and by Sea	p. 48
Monopoly: London Rules the Columbia	p. 66
Matrix: American Visions and Ventures	p. 96
Missions: Protestants and Priests	p. 125
Preparation: Clearing, Organizing, and Evaluating the Land	p. 152
Colonization: Gold, Grass, and Grain	p. 201
Strategy: Settlers and Railroads, 1870-90	p. 241
Conquest: Some Patterns, Methods, and Ideas, 1870-90	p. 284
Empire: Town and Country, ca. 1890	p. 321
Elaboration: Some Patterns and Methods	p. 365
Inquiry: The Farmer and the Scientist, ca. 1890-1910	p. 404
Culmination: The Great Columbia Plain, ca. 1910	p. 428
Perspectives: History, Geography, and Culture	p. 469
Appendix: Populations and Facilities of Towns, 1890 and 1910 (Table 2)	p. 515
Bibliography	p. 519
Index	p. 553
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