THE STORY OF SAUVIES ISLAND.
Omar C. Spencer, Binfords & Mort, Portland, Oregon, 1950.
 
Sauvies Island
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Vintage from the 1950s
 
Here is the story of an area familiar to all those who live, or lived, within the range of metropolitan Portland, Oregon. Extending for some fifteen miles in the Columbia River opposite the mouth of the Willamette, Sauvies Island has long fascinated Portlanders, becoming a favorite haven for Sunday drivers and duck hunters. Much of the charm of the island lay in its isolation within the radius of a large urban area. Not until 1950 was a highway bridge built connecting the island with the mainland.
 
Mr. Spencer, past president of the Oregon Historical Society, tells his story of Sauvies Island in geologic as well as human terms, beginning with the formation of the island and extending to the present. Approximately the first half of the book is devoted to a brief re-telling of the familiar stories of the Indians of the lower Columbia River, the explorations of Lewis and Clark, the activities of Nathaniel J. Wyeth and other fur traders, and the scientific researches of David Douglas and John K. Townsend. Laurent Sauvé, the Hudson's Bay Co. dairy farmer after whom the island was named. It concludes with the construction of the bridge and the consequent loss of the island's chief characteristic, its isolation.
 
Green hardcover with dark green title. Secure binding with clean pages and very light cover wear. The jacket is rubbed at the spine edge and there is a crease at the top cover edge. About 8-/2 x 5-1/2 with 134 pages. Scarce with jacket!