Whispers of a bygone era…
As I have explored and assembled information about the coast Range, I’ve come across occasional anecdotes and information tidbits that speak to the time before the coming of the Caucasians. Together these recollections comprise a pastiche of what life was like in the Pre-contact days. Through this quilt-work of images and stories I’ve tried to provide some hints to that prior world as it existed before the pestilence swept away much of our native cultures in the late 1700’s.
Perhaps this recollection of a foregone era may also serve as a model for a more sustainable way of life that may even be in our future.
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Stewart:
Good observation. I’m actually using the blog to assemble my next book which will be a series of historical snapshots of the Oregon Coast in 1750 (pre-contact), 1840 (when the wagons rolled in), 1930 (the heyday of logging) and 2020 (what we could be in the future). Each of the blogs is part of the material that I’m assembling for the book, such as Lumberjack Legacies, the 3 part series on the timber industry (there’s another segment in the work on this series.
But your suggestion is still valid and I will try to break it up into less verbose segments.
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Thank you so much for your warm comments.
I was deeply touched by your comments and hope that my modest efforts to cast sunshine on this stormy world of ours will bear fruit and spread the cheer.
I am working on several new posts, and much of this will soon be combined into a new book about this special corner of Oregon. But as you already know, even that vast expanse of landscape won’t be able to contain all that I want to express. In the end I hope that my readers will have discovered a new appreciation for times long past, and the value of a tale well told.
Jim Thayer
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