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My Take: Willamette Falls
Those of you who have read my new book on Peter Burnett will have noticed references to Native American fishing at Willamette Falls, near Oregon City. The forty-foot high falls was a traditional tribal fishing ground for salmon for many centuries for the Chinookan... » Read More
OSU Blog: Locating Insight for “The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett”
When R. Gregory Nokes began his research for The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California — the first book-length biography of Peter Hardeman Burnett — he hoped to provide insight into the oftentimes illogical behavior of this... » Read More
Peter Burnett’s Resume
Although it didn’t always translate into achievement, Peter Burnett had probably the most impressive resume of any early leader in the American West. Because of space limitations, we trimmed his resume from my new book, “The Troubled Life of Pete Burnett:... » Read More
Nokes pens book about troubled Oregon pioneer
THE EAST OREGONIAN — Few people in the 19th century American West could boast the achievements of Peter Burnett. He helped organize the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country. He served on Oregon’s first elected government and was Oregon’s first supreme court... » Read More
Review: Biography restores Peter Burnett to front pages of West Coast history
By Richard W. Etulain | For The Oregonian/OregonLive Talented and blustery Peter Burnett deserves historical resurrection, particularly for Oregon and California readers. In Oregon in the 1840s, Burnett proved an ambitious, go-ahead leader in political and judicial... » Read More
My Take: Willamette Falls
Those of you who have read my new book on Peter Burnett will have noticed references to Native American fishing at Willamette Falls, near Oregon City. The forty-foot high falls was a traditional tribal fishing ground for salmon for many centuries for the Chinookan... » Read More
OSU Blog: Locating Insight for “The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett”
When R. Gregory Nokes began his research for The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California — the first book-length biography of Peter Hardeman Burnett — he hoped to provide insight into the oftentimes illogical behavior of this... » Read MorePeter Burnett’s Resume
Although it didn’t always translate into achievement, Peter Burnett had probably the most impressive resume of any early leader in the American West. Because of space limitations, we trimmed his resume from my new book, “The Troubled Life of Pete Burnett:... » Read More
Nokes pens book about troubled Oregon pioneer
THE EAST OREGONIAN — Few people in the 19th century American West could boast the achievements of Peter Burnett. He helped organize the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country. He served on Oregon’s first elected government and was Oregon’s first supreme court... » Read More