The Northwest Coast
May 7, 2008
by Bryan Penttila
James G. Swan.The Northwest Coast, Or Three Years’ Residence in the Washington Territory. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857.
On November28, 1852,the brig Oriental bucked across the bar into Shoalwater Bay, an expansive inlet on the southern Washington coastline. Onboard was a Massachusetts-born wayfarer whose curiosity, apathy, and penchant for chronicling would set him apart from most men Read more
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