The Great Columbia Plain (Paperback)

Maxwell Research Professor of Geography Donald W Meinig
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Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open country that covers the interior parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is today one of the richest farmlands in the nation. This work is the story.

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of its transformation. Meinig traces all of the aspects of its development by combining geographic description with historical narrative.