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Trinidad
ARC074
$21.99  
Paperback, Dione F. Armand, Foreword by Ned Simmons, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738571614
When Spanish explorers turned their ships north in the summer of 1775, they were searching for new territory for the Spanish crown. Nearly 300 miles north of San Francisco, they found safe harbor in a small but beautiful bay they called Trinidad. . The Spaniards erected a large cross on Trinidad...

$24.99  
Paperback, Jess Thomson, 9781612120287
These 150 delectable recipes celebrate the unique flavors of the Evergreen State, from Pacific salmon and Dungeness crab to wild mushrooms, cherries, apples, saffron, and much more. Try Grilled Spot Prawns with Curried Caramel Dipping Sauce, Fall Sausage Minestrone with Mushrooms and Squash,...

$14.95  
Folded Recreation Map, 9781566954723
Located just outside Portland, Mt. Hood is the tallest peak in Oregon, the fourth highest in the Cascade Range, and a premier destination for outdoor enthusiasts. The mountain has six ski areas, the renowned Timberline lodge located on the southern flank beside the Palmer Glacier, and is part of...

$14.95  
Folded Recreation Map, 9781566954730
Considered one of the best year-round outdoor recreation areas in the country, the Columbia River Gorge contains countless opportunities for hikers, climbers, kayakers, cyclists, windsurfers, and winter sports enthusiasts alike. The 80 mile long gorge contains diverse ecosystems ranging from the...

$6.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, K.T. Myers, 15 pages, 8.5 x 4, 9780998075006
With  Agates of the Pacific Coast   you can now have guidance readily at your fingertips. This indispensable pocket guide is small enough to fit comfortably in a inside your coat, back pack or into the glove compartment of your car. Easy-to-use with simple descriptions this full color...

$6.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, K.T. Myers, 16 pages, 4 x 8.5, 9780998075013
This popular pocket guide  Agates of the Oregon Coast  is the NEW comprehensive, easy-to-use full color illustrated guide of the what, where, when and how of information on agate, jasper, fossils and petrified wood commonly found on the Oregon Coast. This guide shows the specimens in their...

$21.99  
Paperback, Tammy Durston, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467100137
The Sonoma Mendocino coastline, famous for jagged cliffs, timber-filled ridges, and pounding surf, has been home to many people from varying histories and backgrounds. Pomo tribes, renowned for basketmaking, who were the first settlers and descendants, still live in the area. From early pioneers...

Redwoods
MPS015
$19.99  
Hardcover, Jason Chin, 48 pages, 7.9 x 0.4 x 11.3, 9781596434301
An ordinary train ride becomes and extraordinary trip to the great ancient forestsA subway trip is transformed when a young boy happens upon a book about redwood forests. As he reads the information unfolds, and with each new bit of knowledge, he travels--all the way to California to climb into...

The Drunken Botanist
WPC053
$24.95  
Hardcover, Amy Stewart, 9781616200466
Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and...

$7.95  
Map, Rite Map, 9780783499086
The Washington Recreation Map was created for outdoor lovers who want the high quality recreation information in the Benchmark atlases but with the convenience of a traditional folding map. Complete public lands detail and hunting unit boundaries are shown as well as categorized recreation...

Oregon Recreation Map
BEN004
$7.95  
Map, Rite Map, 9780783499109
The Oregon Recreation Map was created for outdoor lovers who want the high quality recreation information in the Benchmark atlases but with the convenience of a traditional folding map. Complete public lands detail and hunting unit boundaries are shown as well as categorized recreation listings....

$26.95  
Paperback, Benchmark Maps, 9781734315035
Benchmark California Road & Recreation Atlas  All New Landscape Maps™ National Forest land ownership (private in-holdings) are shown in addition to forest boundaries Updated road conditions compiled from annual Motor-Vehicle Use (MVU) data by US Forest Service...

$24.99  
Paperback, Cheri Dohnal, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738524320
Lying in the shadows of Mt. Hood and the Cascade peaks, Columbia River Gorge is as rich in history as the bounty its fertile soils provide. From the numerous native tribes, Lewis & Clark, and famed botanist David Douglas to a guru's siege at Antelope and the modern Gorge's reputation for...

$24.99  
Paperback, Jeanna Rosenbalm Bottenberg, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738558134
With its smooth, sandy beach, the quiet coastal town of Pacific City, on the coast of Oregon's Tillamook County, is the perfect home for a unique group of boats. The Pacific City dory fleet has a proud history spanning more than 100 years. Nestled in the natural shelter provided by Cape Kiwanda,...

$24.99  
Paperback, Bill Cockrell, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738558189
Rugged individuals armed with hand tools, sweat, and ambition began building covered bridges in Oregon during the mid-1850s. These bridge builders often camped out at remote sites, living off the land or contracting with local farmers for food. Early owners of covered bridges financed...

NORTH BEND
ARC084
$24.99  
Paperback, Dick & Judy Wagner, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738581354
Early settlers, driven by greed and a sense of entitlement, and sanctioned by their government, took Coos Indian lands without compensation. Asa Simpson purchased land at the north bend of Coos Bay from settlers. He wanted his company town, including a sawmill and shipyard, to remain small, but...

$34.99  
Paperback, Daniel E. Moerman, 9780881929874
In Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information -- adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany -- includes 82 categories of medicinal...

$14.95  
Paperback, Adam Woog, 224 pages, 8.5 x 5.4, 9780762771868
Among the Pacific Northwest's many treasures is the Evergreen State, a state rich in eerie events. Haunted Washington, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings, will leave readers delightfully frightened. . Haunted Washington includes dozens of stories, from the...

$14.95  
DVD, 890269001500
Travel Alaska's magnificent Inside Passage aboard Alaska Marine Ferries. View spectacular fjords, hanging glaciers, icebergs and marine wildlife along this designated National Scenic Highway. Depart the ferry with your RV and experience the coastal communities of the Inside Passage.

$16.95  
Paperback, Roger Schumann and Jan Shriner, 288 pages, 9 x 6, 9780762782802
Describes the best sea kayaking trips in Central and Northern California, including whitewater, stillwater, and coastal excursions. Includes detailed maps with access points and landmarks; flow charts indicating optimum floating seasons on rivers; and tide information for the ocean trips

COOS COUNTY
ARC086
$21.99  
Paperback, Lise Hull, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738548036
Long before the wreck of the Captain Lincoln in 1852 brought settlers to the North Spit, Native Americans and foreign explorers, including Sir Francis Drake, navigated the inland waterways and Pacific shoreline of what would become Coos County. The deep draft channel, timberfilled landscape,...

$24.99  
Paperback, Susan J. P. O'Hara, Alex Service, the Fortuna Depot Museum, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130622
The year 2014 marks the centennial of the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP), celebrated by driving a “golden spike” at Cain Rock in October 1914. This achievement was the culmination of a massive, six-year engineering effort to connect rail lines ending at Willits with the...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Daniel Winkler, 4.6 x 9, 9781550175424
A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is a pocket-sized guide with full-colour photographs of mushrooms from Pacific Northwest trails and roadsides, forests and lawns. With this guide, identify over thirty common and easily-recognized edible mushrooms—and stay away from...

$26.99  
Paperback, Alessandro Baccari Jr., 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738528977
Fisherman's Wharf is San Francisco's top tourist destination, but its history is much richer and more important than today's quaint attractions suggest. Indeed, many of these well-known sights were developed only in the last few decades. The early wharf, originally known as Meigg's Wharf, was...

$21.99  
Paperback, Greg Rumney, Dave Stockton Jr., 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130882
The 1964 flood in the Eel and Klamath Rivers drainages represents an extreme weather event. Both the Northern California and Southern OR coasts are host to many floods, but the 1964 flood stands out as a representation of the "perfect storm." Three events occurred that led to the flood. First, a...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Tony Greenfield, 4.6 x 9, 9781550176056
Do you know a tanager from a towhee? A goatsucker from a grosbeak? Here, after much demand, is a portable 8-fold guide featuring 112 photos of the common birds found in coastal areas of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Each species is labelled with common name, size, distribution...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Rick Hudson, 4.6 x 9, 9781550175097
This full-colour, laminated field guide is your introduction to the beauty and wonder of the gemstones found in the Pacific Northwest, a region famous for its variety and quality of earth treasures. From purple amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, black and white onyx and emeralds to sodalite,...

$16.95  
Paperback, William B. McCloskey Jr., 9781626360624
The third novel in McCloskey’s thrilling saga of the Alaskan fishermen.Twenty years after his greenhorn days in William McCloskey’s bestselling novel Highliners, Hank Crawford stands tall as a respected fishing captain in Kodiak, Alaska.Set amongst the tumult of the early...

$21.99  
Paperback, Merita S. Whatley, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738599663
The low rumbles of the fog signal and flashing beam of light from the powerful lens have guided mariners away from the perilous waters surrounding Point Arena Lighthouse since 1870. After the great earthquake in 1906 and the rebuilding of the tower in 1908, Point Arenas navigational aids...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Daniel Winkler, 4.6 x 9, 9781550175899
Mushroom expert Daniel Winkler has returned with another easy-to-use field guide to help hunters track down their favourite fungi in California! Use this region-specific guide to identify over thirty common and easily-recognized edible mushrooms—and stay away from their not-so-edible...

$22.99  
Paperback, Scott and Sandy Blackman, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467131018
Surfing came to the central Oregon coast in the early 1960s. Mostly young boys from Newport and the Agate Beach area took to the waves, without wetsuits or leashes, and taught themselves how to surf in the forbidding cold waters. Eventually forming the Agate Beach Surf Club, they discovered...

Mount St. Helens
ARC099
$24.99  
Paperback, David A. Anderson, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130554
The story of Mount St. Helens is that of an active volcano and human interaction with it. The mountain is culturally important to the regional native people. Its Cowlitz name, Lawetlatla, means Person From Whom Smoke Comes. Early European settlers saw opportunities to make a living from the...

$21.99  
Paperback, George R. Miller, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738596143
At the end of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, the president of the Portland Street Fair and Carnival Association, E.W. Rowe, presented the idea of an annual festival to Portland mayor Harry Lane. From that idea came the first Rose Festival, called the Rose Carnival and Fiesta, held June...

$21.99  
Paperback, Christopher S. Gorsek, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738593241
The Pearl District, located in Portland's northwest province, was originally home to timber, lakes, and streams and was occupied by Native Americans. With the arrival of pioneers, its landscape gave way to an industrial scene, which quickly included the railroad. Trains delivered countless cars...

Portland's Slabtown
ARC108
$21.99  
Paperback, Mike Ryerson, Norm Gholston & Tracy J. Prince, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738596297
In Portland's first decades, the northwest side remained dense forests. Native Americans camped and Chinese immigrants farmed around Guild's Lake. In the 1870s, Slabtown acquired its unusual name when a lumber mill opened on Northrup Street. The mill's discarded log edges were a cheap source of...

$21.99  
Paperback, Richard Thompson, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738581262
Portland neighborhoods owe their location, alignment, and growth to a splendid, 19th-century innovation: the streetcar. This city still bears the imprint of the carlines that once wove their way out to suburbs in every direction, including Fulton, Portland Heights, Goose Hollow, Nob Hill,...

Vanishing Portland
ARC111
$21.99  
Paperback, Ray & Jeanna Bottenberg, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738558301
Portland at the end of World War II was an international port and a powerhouse of the timber and shipbuilding industries. Oregon's largest city grew and changed in the decades that followed, adding new industries and population. It also endured reductions in shipbuilding capacity, a devastating...

Hood River
ARC112
$21.99  
Paperback, Connie Nice, History Museum of Hood River County, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738596389
Formerly known as Dog River, Hood River's history is filled with lore and legends as well as abundant natural beauty. The original name of Dog River was thought to come from the demise of a native camp dog by Oregon Trail settlers desperate for meat. Later, Mary Coe, one of the first pioneers...

On This Day in Arcata
ARC114
$19.99  
Paperback, Arcata Union, Arcata Eye, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738556826
Founded in 1858 as the town of Union, the city of Arcata is the cultural capital of Humboldt County. Historically known for its logging, fishing and dairy traditions, modern-day Arcata has evolved into a place where the artistic, the politically and environmentally active and those looking for...

Bend
ARC115
$21.99  
Paperback, Deschutes County Historical Society, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738571843
Bend, astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range, got its name from a place on the river that runs through it. Pioneer travelers called the place Farewell Bend because it was where they had their last view of the double bend in the river that afforded a good place to...

$7.99  
Postcards, Deschutes County Historical Society, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738571997
In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, the Deschutes County Historical Society explores the city's past. 

Prineville
ARC117
$17.50  
Paperback, Steve Lent, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738548722
Early in 1868, Francis "Barney" Prine arrived in the Crooked River Valley of Central Oregon, established a blacksmith shop made of logs, and dispensed spirits from the back of the cabin. Prine saw the potential for development and industry along the lush banks of Crooked River and Ochoco Creek,...

Alberta Wildlife
WFP099
$7.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, James Kavanagh, 8.25 x 3.69, 9781583552810
Alberta Wildlife is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide for the nature enthusiast. The beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and insects and includes a map featuring prominent province-wide wildlife sanctuaries....

Iditarod
ARC102
$21.99  
Paperback, Tricia Brown, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467131049
For sled dogracing fans worldwide, the most important calendar day is the first Saturday in March, when teams convene for the start of mushings Superbowlthe Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®. Every year, as it has since 1973, this ultimate challenge begins in the states most populated city,...

$21.99  
Paperback, Cheryl Hill, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467131209
The Mount Hood National Forest is the closest national forest to Portland and encompasses the northern end of Oregons Cascade Mountains and the Columbia River Gorge. Established in 1908 as the Oregon National Forest and renamed the Mount Hood National Forest in 1924, it now consists of more...

$10.95  
Paperback, Charles A. Stansfield Jr., 144 pages, 9780811706834
Most notorious Bigfoot sightings UFO reports and cover-ups Lake Okanagan's famous serpent Ogopogo Ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and Bing Crosby Odd phenomena at Grand Coulee Dam, Olympic National Park, and Fort Vancouver

$21.99  
Paperback, Brian K. Johnson, Don Porth, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738548838
Firefighting in Portland boasts many proud traditions and a long and storied history. In 1851, Col. Thomas Dryer, editor of the Oregonian newspaper, decided that it was in the best interest of the city to establish a firefighting force, and with that, he founded the Pioneer Fire Engine Company...

$21.95  
Paperback, Stewart M. Green, 288 pages, 9 x 6, 9780762781058
The best way to enjoy California’s spectacular coastline is to drive it! Packed with information about charming seaside communities and featuring all new photographs, this beautiful four-color guide explores the rugged coast following US 101 and CA 1, from Santa Barbara to the OR border....

Glass Ball Shapes
WPP004
$20.00  
Paperback, Walt Pich, 9780965710831
This is Walt Pichs new book everyone has been waiting for! Glass Ball Shapes, 2014 edition, all about Japanese glass fishing net float shapes. It was written by Walt Pich of Ocean Shores, Washington. 158 pages of shapes and known information about every odd shape known to be produced into a...

$19.95  
Poster, Amadeo Bachar, Edgar W. Roberts III, 36 x 27, 9781937196165
The poster version of our Saltwater Sport Fish of the Pacific NW: Monterey to Alaska Field Guide . Each specimen includes the common and scientific name, range where fish are caught, length, bait commonly used, as well as distinguishing identification characteristics. In addition, this...
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