The Oregon Centennial Anthology / Arthur Kriesman
Citadel of the Spirit: An Introduction / Matt Love
The Land Owns Us / Gina Ochsner
A Key to the Rains of Benton County / Kathleen Dean Moore
Its Great Vigor / A Letter on the Origin of the Himalayan Blackberry by Luther Burbank
The Logic of Wildflowers / Michael Strelow
Meet on the Summit / A Public Call to Form a Mountaineering Club by the Mazamas
The KKK in Oregon / Eckard Toy Jr.
Is Attracting the Dissatisfied People of the East / A Newspaper Advertisement Place by the Oregon Land Company
God-given Sermonettes / A Memoir of Oregon’s State Parks by Samuel Boardman
From the Dust / Karl Love
This Peaceful Beautiful Land / A Guide to Oregon by the Federal Writers Project
Discovering People’s Art in Oregon / David Horowitz
An Audience so Typically Elizabethan / A Memoir on the Founding of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival by Angus Bowmer
A Coastal Boyhood in Wartime Oregon / Thomas Edwards
Made in Oregon Lust / Anonymous
The People of Oregon are Sorry / An Apology for Forced Sterilization by Governor John Kitzhaber
Collecting Oregon’s History / Katrine Barber
Our Man of The Mountain: Oregon’s Glen Coffield and the Grundtvig Folk School / Kim Stafford
We Urge You Not to Return / A Message to Returning Japanese-Americans from the Hood River Post of the American Legion
Reading a Geography / Kaia Sand
This Quasi-Bohemian Reed Subculture / A Letter to Reed Magazine by Ehrick Wheeler
This Man-bear, This Two-headed Creature / A Vignette by Don Berry
Portland Baseball / Erick Mertz
That’s When I Saw It / A Bigfoot Sighting by Dr. Matthew Johnson
One Hundred Years at a Time / Barbara Drake
May Not Permit Any Person / A Law Regulating Dispensing Fuel
The Professor in the Lighthouse / Bob Armstrong
The Free and Uninterrupted Use Thereof / A Brief Documentary History of Oregon’s Publicly-owned Ocean Beaches Compiled by Matt Love
Landmarks and Legacies / Travis Champ
The Surfer is Balanced / A Constitution and Creed by the Kahuna Surf Club
My Kind of Wrath / Niki Price
There Has Been a Great Decrease / A Report on Oregon Fisheries by the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Exploitation Committee
No More Indians’ Salmon / An Essay on Columbia River Dams by Richard Neuberger
Cosmic Spawning / Walt Curtis
To Live as Anachronisms / An Essay on Celilo Falls by H.L. Davis
I Voted to Stay as a Remaining Member / A Klamath Termination Oral History by Delphine Jackson
A False Abundance / Melissa Madenski
Foul Strangers in Oregon’s Paradise / A Television Documentary on Pollution by KGW TV
The Stone Oregon Era / Matt Love
Letters to Beaverton / Dennis Jones
Authorized as a Safety Valve / A Speech Explaining the Need for a Rock Festival by Governor Tom McCall
Then Go Home / News and Commentary on the James G. Blaine Society
TriMet Summer / Steve Anderson
Preserve and Conserve / Statewide Planning Goals Implemented by Oregon
Woody's Wife Heard the Word ‘Tilth’ / The History of Oregon Tilth by Sunbow Farm
My Oregon Sporting Life / Bill Rhoades
The World They Have Left Behind / A Feature Article on an Oregon Commune by John Stickney and John Olson
Mainstreaming Cannabis / Alicia Williamson
We are NOT “Ecology Freaks” / A Letter Protesting a Proposed Nuclear Power Plant by Goodwin Harding
A Shining Moment on Mt. Hood / Joe Kurmaskie
Lake Electric / Miri Goldade
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, August 17, 1991 / Henk Pander
Typical of Our Loggers / A Column on Sometimes a Great Notion (the film) by Grace Castle
Hornswoggling / Ken Babbs
How it All Came Together / A History of the Oregon Media Referendum by Ken Kesey
Give Me the Damn Letter / A Memoir on the Birth of the Portland Trail Blazers by Harry Glickman
I’ll Meet You by the Giant Microbes / Bart King
It Was a Beautiful Visit / An Essay on Meeting a Mount Angel Abbey Monk by Larry D.B. Smith
Risk in Rep / Charles Deemer
The “Si Se Puede” System / An Educational Philosophy by Colegio Cesar Chavez
An Inspiration For All Those Who Wish to Excel in Life / A Joint Resolution Honoring Steve Prefontaine by the Oregon Legislature
Antaeus Revealed / Doug Winn
Mac Court / Jeff Baker
Perfect Day, Perfect Venue, Perfect Vibe / Concert Notes and a Set List for a Grateful Dead show at the Oregon Country Fair
La-La Land / Kassten Alonso
Beyond the Earth’s Confines / An Invitation to a Meeting by Bo and Peep
The Big Blow / Shelley Washburn
The Waves Hit About Midnight / An Article on the Tsunami that Struck Oregon
Tcha teemanwi, Place Where the Spirits Dwell / Dorothy Blackcrow Mack
We Need to Be Recognized / A Statement in Support of Siletz Tribal Restoration by Sister Francella Mary Griggs
A Huntin’ We Will Go / David Milholland
Paisley Afternoon / Joanna Rose
Gunslingers, Dudes and the Future of Oregon Beef / Nora Robertson
“Let’er Buck, Show Me Your Tits!” / A Memoir of Attending the Pendleton Round-up by Technogrrrl
My Summer with Ernie and Mo / William G. Robbins
He Was Up / An Eyewitness Account of the First Tree Sit by Ron Huber
The Last Log / Ellen Waterson
The Roads / Amber Nortness
To Preserve a System of Relationships / A Statement in Defense of Wilderness by Barry Lopez
Moving North / Shannon Carson
Fear in Madras / A Report on the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his Followers by Kirk Braun
An Ale Tale / Brian Doyle
Except Points / An Article on a Civil War Football Game by Steve Brandon
The Mayor’s Ball / Billy Hults
Which Are Very Obscene / An Investigation of Louie Louie by the FBI
721 Main Street / Tom Webb
Oregon State Fair / J. R. Williams
Welcomed, Encouraged and Protected in Oregon / A Joint Resolution Supporting Language Diversity by the Oregon Legislature
Portland’s Most Unusual Church / David Kohl
Setting a Standard for Oregon’ Youth / A Measure Appearing on the Oregon Ballot
Satyricon / Brandon Lieberman
Of This Oregon Heartland / An Article About a Portland Rock Band by Marshall Gooch
Riding Jessica / Haley Church
In Your Wisdom / A Prayer For Understanding in the Klamath Basin Water Crisis by Pastor Tim Herzfeldt-Kamprath
The Battle for Canemah Bluff / David Hedges
She is a Sexy Thing / A Diary Entry by U.S. Senator Bob Packwood
Pussy Fever / Cheryl Strayed
Collateral Damage / Evelyn Sharenov
I Shall Not / A Speech in Opposition to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by U.S. Senator Wayne Morse
When the War Came Home to Lincoln County / Carla Perry
To the Collection Area / A Procedure for Student Athlete Drug Testing by the Oregon Health Science University
Different Drummers / Kathy Pape
Soft Parade, Hard Nipples / Andrew Rodman
Morgan and the Pig / An Essay on Portland’s Emerging Food Culture by Matthew Stadler
The Hands that Feeds You / Erin Ergenbright
No More Than Six Video Lottery Terminals / A Law Regulating State Gambling
What Hath U'ren Wrought? The Oregon System, Then and Now / Peter Wong
I Accept Full Moral Responsibility for My Actions / A Form Requesting Physician-assisted Suicide Required by the State
Stomping Ground / Monica Drake
Room of Forgotten Souls / A Press Release on Returning Ashes to Relatives by the Oregon Department of Human Services
Reconsidering Beavers, Square Dancing and Milk / Joanna Miller
Saving Nestucca Spit: An Epilogue / Matt Love
Future Needs of the People of Oregon / A Speech in Opposition to the Nestucca Spit Highway by State Treasurer Bob Straub
Contributors
Booknotes
Acknowledgments
Dear Stewart Holbrook / Matt Love
A Final Oregon Poem by William Stafford |