| Title | John Work’s journey from Fort Vancouver to Umpqua River and return in 1834 |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1923 |
| Authors | Work, John |
| Secondary Title | The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | p.238-268 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley F871 .O7, Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Calapooya Creek, Elk Creek, Fort Umpqua, general ecosystem description, historical, Long Tom River, Luckiamute River, Mary’s River, Native Americans, Siuslaw River, Tualatin River, Umpqua River, Willamette River, Yamhill River |
| Notes | “Introduction and Comments by Leslie M. Scott.” This article presents Hudson’s Bay trader John Work’s journal of a trip in 1834 from Fort Vancouver to the conjunction of Calapooya Creek and the Umpqua River. There are brief descriptions of the Umpqua, and more extensive descriptions of the Willamette Valley. Work gives a rare, if brief, depiction of the Siuslaw River in 1934, “The river at the foot of the mountain falls into the sea. . . There are also a few places marshy but all the rest of the way the soil appears very rich & clothed with a more luxuriant crop of herbage than we have met with since leaving the fort. . . The ground appears highly susceptible of cultivation & would be superior pasture land, the low ground for cattle, the bare or partially wooded hills for sheep. The plain on the end of which we are camped is of considerable extent & has a pretty large swamp in the middle of it. . . ” (p.252) |
| Series Title | The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society |
