LEADER 03613nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910780550603321 005 20230912141823.0 010 $a1-283-22642-1 010 $a9786613226426 010 $a0-7748-5712-9 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774857123 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000327 035 $a(OCoLC)243616436 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10220656 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11249786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10332456 035 $a(PQKB)10349859 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602849 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227138 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322642 035 $a(OCoLC)923446068 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/f2hc5h 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255830 035 $a(DE-B1597)661176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774857123 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000327 100 $a19880624d1985 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFarming the frontier$b[electronic resource] $ethe agricultural opening of the Oregon country, 1786-1846 /$fJames R. Gibson 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press$dc1985 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aMaps on lining papers. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7748-0219-7 320 $aBibliography: p. [215]-226. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tIllustrations -- $tPrologue -- $tPost Farming -- $tGovernor Simpson's Ceconomy: The Origins of Post Farming -- $tGovernor Simpson's Reward: The Results of Post Farming -- $tPhysical Extremes: The Problems of Post Farming -- $tCompany Farming -- $tGrain for Alaska and Wool for England: The Origins of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- $tSuccess and Failure: The Performance of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- $tHalf Shares and Mean Lands: The Problems of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- $tHomestead Farming -- $tThe Promised Land: The Formation of the Willamette Settlement -- $tThe "Garden of the Columbia": The Success of Homestead Farming -- $tMission Farming -- $tThe "Macedonian Cry": The Advent of Missionaries -- $tThe Fruit of the Faithful: The Outcome of Mission Farming -- $tDivine Testing or Demonic Tempting the Obstacles to Mission Farming -- $tFrom Noble Savage to Sturdy Yeoman: Indian Farming -- $tDividing the Oregon Country -- $tAbbreviations -- $tSources for Tables -- $tBibliography -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based on extensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionary records, and military and private papers, this book traces the crucial transition of the Pacific Northwest from a fur-trading outpost to an agricultural settlement -- a process which also saw the shift from British to American jurisdiction in the area. 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zNorthwest, Pacific$xHistory 606 $aLand use, Rural$zNorthwest, Pacific$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aLand use, Rural$xHistory. 676 $a338.1/09795 700 $aGibson$b James R$01519724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780550603321 996 $aFarming the frontier$93768764 997 $aUNINA