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020 _a9780870716669
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020 _z9780870716652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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_dBD-SySUS.
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050 0 0 _aF882.M9
_bL36 2012
082 0 0 _a979.5/49
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100 1 _aLansing, Jewel Beck.
245 1 0 _aMultnomah
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe tumultuous story of Oregon's most populous county /
_cJewel Lansing and Fred Leeson.
260 _aCorvallis :
_bOregon State University Press,
_c2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (p. cm.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe most important vote of the century (February 21, 1974) -- In the beginning (1792- 1854) -- The county's first hanging; early elected officials (1855- 1869) -- A magnificent courthouse, a pauper farm, and a push for consolidation (1864- 1880) -- Coxey's army and eight more hangings (1888- 1903) -- The progressive era, a crusading sheriff, and the county fair begins (1902- 1914) -- D-minus report card, the "king of roads," and a new courthouse (1913- 1922) -- County hospital, the kkk, kickback scandals, and more consolidation proposals (1909- 1927) -- An elegant bridge, a mighty dam, another jail, and World War II (1928-1945) -- Vanport is flooded, a sheriff is recalled, and sheriff Schrunk is put on trial (1946- 1956) -- Parks, roads, and three unrelated tragedies (1946- 1960) -- Commissioners feud, Delta Dome is rejected, and the first woman deputy is hired (1962- 1966) -- Home rule arrives, a sheriff is fired, Rocky Butte prisoners escape (1966- 1973) -- Freeways revisited; city-county consolidation fails (1970- 1974) -- The Don Clark era; charter upended; nursing home closed; metro created (1975- 1979) -- Employees strike, PERS, vote-by-mail, and Rocky Butte Jail closed (1980- 1982) -- The laudable "resolution a," city of Columbia Ridge is rejected, a power struggle at the library, and more charter changes (1983- 1990) -- East County discontent, first all-woman board, and "Willamette County" (1983- 1990) -- The infamous Measure 5, Columbia Gorge battles, and East County efforts to secede (1990- 2001) -- From pioneering women to "mean girls" plus a controversial sheriff (2001- 2009) -- Quo vadis?.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aMultnomah County (Or.)
_xHistory, Local.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aLeeson, Fred.
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780870716669/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c36038
_d36038