(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Oregon Historical Society.
Author
Language
English
Description
Medford, Oregon, pioneered aviation in Southern Oregon and has long enjoyed a reputation for being an air-minded city. When the City of Medford built Newell Barber Field in 1920, it established the first municipally owned airfield in the state. In 1926, Pacific Air Transport selected Medford as a station for the West Coast airmail route. While Portland's airmail service was located across the river at Vancouver's Pearson Field in Washington, Medford's...
4) C.E.S. Wood
Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
From case: "As a young West Point graduate, Charles Erskine Scott Wood fought in the tragic Nez Perce War of 1877. He's credited with recording Chief Joseph's famous surrender speech. An artist, poet, essayist, civic leader and prominent Portland attorney, C.E.S. Wood was a powerful advocate for the poor and dispossessed."
Series
Oregon Historical Quarterly volume winter 1994-95, Vol. 95, no.4
Publisher
Oregon Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English