River Pigs and Cayuses

by Strickland, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780870714948
• ISBN10: 0870714945
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Oregon State Univ Pr

Author Biography

Ron Strickland is an oral historian, a world-class hiker, and the founder of the Pacific Northwest Trail

Table of Contents

Listening: Introduction to the New Edition	xi
William Kittredge
Introduction	xvi
Ron Strickland
Fish Pirate	1	(6)
Bert ``Spider'' Jones
Canoemaker	7	(4)
Andy Dick
``I Always Fished by Myself''	11	(3)
Signe Ashland
Skagit River Gambler	14	(4)
Mark Gilkey
``Swing Her Round Like Swinging on a Gate''	18	(3)
Bill Robler
``Crazy With Fiddling''	21	(4)
Theodore ``Deke'' Smith
Tarheel Moonshiner	25	(6)
Ralph ``Stogie'' Parker
Mulligan Stew	31	(4)
Gene Grush
``Five Cents an Hour, Ten Hours a Day''	35	(4)
Al Coffelt
Ice Harvest	39	(3)
Stanley Darwood
Frontier Bride	42	(4)
Eva Beebee
Barn Raisings and Harvesting Bees	46	(4)
Clara Fewkes
Logging with a Swedish Fiddle	50	(3)
Joe Yocum
Smokejumper	53	(6)
Francis Lufkin
Logging Horses	59	(7)
Clyde Smith
River Pig	66	(7)
Bert Wilke
Timber Cruiser	73	(4)
Ralph Thayer
Steelhead Water	77	(7)
Howard Miller
Ninety Years in the Mountains	84	(5)
Glee Davis
``It Takes Fifty Prospects to Make One Mine''	89	(4)
Bill Tilly
Snow Geese and Salt Marshes	93	(4)
Harte Pentilla
Hard Times at Thirty Below	97	(5)
Gaspar Petta
A Step at a Time	102	(6)
Harvey Manning
``We Wanted to Build a House''	108	(7)
Les More
Family	115	(5)
Lowen Chin
Sheepherder	120	(6)
Tom Drumheller
``We'd Whistle and Sing to Hold Them Cattle''	126	(7)
Paul Louden
Branding Iron Maker	133	(4)
Slim Worthen
Cayuses	137	(6)
Foss
Bill Creveling
``I Belong to the Cattle Ever After''	143	(5)
Ross Filer
Refugee	148	(5)
Thong Nguyen
Glossary	153