Words Marked by a Place: Local Histories in Central Oregon

Words Marked by a Place is a book of interconnected writings reflecting on the human and natural history of central Oregon. This chronological collection presents the reader with key episodes of central Oregon history, from nineteenth-century exploration to the railroading and homesteading era to the era of community-building and development that followed. While telling these local stories, Jarold Ramsey explores alternative ways of engaging history in the act of writing, breaking new groun...