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Prineville Business History                                                     $29.95
By Keith Snyder

This book provides, as comprehensive as possible, a history of Prineville
businesses, business houses, and related events during the years 1868 -
1922.
Cowboy Poetry and Barn Sour Verse                                    $28.00
By June Collins

Former resident and member of a Central Oregon Pioneer family, V. June
Blevins Collins new book is Cowboy Poetry and Barn Sour Verse. Her book
contains 288 pages and has over 400 poems telling Stories in Verse about
happenings throughout her life.
Eastern Oregon Books in Print                                               $20.00
An Annotated and Historical Bibliography
by Wayne Kee                                
  Paper               

This is essentially a book about books and Mr. Kee provides interesting
short reviews of publications and their importance to the historical
development of eastern Oregon. Historical scholars and those seeking to
find further references on the history of the dry side of the state of Oregon
will find this indispensable.
286 pages.
Eastern Oregon Books and Print: Vol II                                  $20.00
An Annotated and Historical Bibliography
by Wayne Kee                                
Paper        

Wayne Kee has accumulated a second volume of his favorably received
first book on Eastern Oregon Books In Print.  This volume contains a listing
of additional books in print as well as maps.  206 Pages
Trails to the Ochoco Valley                                                       $12.95
By Andrew G. Ontko

This book, written and illustrated by the author of Thunder Over the
Ochocos, is a pioneer history of much of Central Oregon and particularly of
the Ochoco Valley. Ontko began this book as a senior in high school in
1945. He worked away at it over the years and its been published by the
Historical Society since 1992.
Roads and Rails South from the Columbia                                $18.95
By John f. Due and Frances Juris                                

This is the story of the development of Mid-Columbia and Central Oregon,
and its relationship to the changing patterns of transportation, from Pack
Mules to Railroads to modern road transportation.  The book includes the
most comprehensive history of the City owned City of Prineville Railway by
Frances Juris. 187 pages
School Days of Old Crook County                                                $14.95
by Irene Helms                                                       

Central Oregon’s first school was Located in giant Wasco County at the
confluence of Mill and Ochoco Creeks in 1860's.  At one time old Crook
County included present day Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes Counties and
had hundreds of rural schools.  This book covers all that had records of years
of operation, students and teachers.  It is filled with family names and
includes many an old picture of student and school.  380 pages.
Crook County Timber History                                                      $14.95
A Narrative
By the Crook County Historical Society

Timber has been central to Crook County's financial and physical growth.
From the earliest sawmill operations, which were frequently destroyed by
fire, to the big mills of the 60s and 70s, timber has employed many of the
people of Crook County. The society interviewed 90 people and through this
book lets them speak "in their own words".
Echoes from Old Crook County Vol. I                                        $12.95
By the Crook County Historical Society

The stories in these volumes were initially prepared as readings over KRCO
radio. They are relatively short and encompass the area's history from
early discovery to 1950.
Echoes from Old Crook County Vol. II                                       
$12.95By the Crook County Historical Society

There are quotes from the newspapers, from books about Central Oregon,
from classified ads and other trivia, and original pieces written by current
members of the historical society.
Old Crook County: The Heart of Oregon                                      $9.95
by Frances Juris                                                    

“Old Crook County” truly is the heart of Oregon.  Over the years Frances
Juris has been very close to that geography.  This book tells the story of
communities now gone.  Who has heard of Scissorville, where gold was
discovered and a boomtown sprung up?  Or would you like to stroll down
Lamonta’s main street?  The stories of these towns are told in this
captivating little book.  It is a splendid history of a region once on an
Oregon frontier.  46 pages.
The History of Crook County, Oregon 1994                              $45.00
By the Crook County Historical Society

Different aspects of Crook County history have been published in many
articles and books, but this volume attempts to pull all those aspects
together. It's full of articles about the physical development of the town, its
government, churches, fraternal lodges, schools, doctors, and federal
agencies.
Prineville Business History 1923- 1978 Volume One               $29.95
By Keith Snyder

Book Two, Volume One continues the interest story of Prineville’s Business
History.  It covers the years 1923 to 1978.  Because of the amount
information gathered Volume One covers business categories alphabetically
A (Auto) to L (Lawyers).  Both volumes include business history’s, many
photos and advertisements. 498 pages
Prineville Business History 1923- 1978 Volume two              $29.95
By Keith Snyder

Book Two, Volume Two covers business categories L (Lodging) to W
(Warehouses) 1923 to 1978.  Both volumes include business history’s,
many photos and advertisements.  515 Pages   
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Photo History of Prineville                                                       $19.99

Local author Steve Lent, Assistant Director of the Bowman Museum,
presents a photographic history of Prineville published by Arcadia Publishing
Co. It is available at the Bowman Museum and local retail outlets where
books are sold. The book contains 220 vintage photos of the development of
Prineville from a frontier town to a booming lumber town.  
- NEW - CENTRAL OREGON PLACE NAMES, VOL. II                   $24.95
Jefferson County, By Steve Lent
                                                                                     
This is the 2nd volume in the planned trilogy of Central Oregon Place Names.
The entries provide a history of a place as well as how it was named. There
are many period photos, as well as anecdotes gleaned from early newspapers
that accentuate the rugged life on the frontier and contain tales humor,
tragedy, pathos and perseverance.