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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Foreword: Ghost Region xi
5. A Retrospective Preface xv
6. Preface to the Original Edition xix
7. Acknowledgments xxiii
8. 1. Setting: Landscapes, Seasons, and People, ca. 1800 1
9. 2. Entry: By East and by North 26
10. 3. Competition: By Land and by Sea 48
11. 4. Monopoly: London Rules the Columbia 66
12. 5. Matrix: American Visions and Ventures 96
13. 6. Missions: Protestants and Priests 125
14. 7. Preparation: Clearing, Organizing, and Evaluating the Land 152
15. 8. Colonization: Gold, Grass, and Grain 201
16. 9. Strategy: Settlers and Railroads, 1870-90 241
17. 10. Conquest: Some Patterns, Methods, and Ideas, 1870-90 284
18. 11. Empire: Town and Country, ca. 1890 321
19. 12. Elaboration: Some Patterns and Methods 365
20. 13. Inquiry: The Farmer and the Scientist, ca. 1890-1910 404
21. 14. Culmination: The Great Columbia Plain, ca. 1910 428
22. 15. Perspectives: History, Geography, and Culture 469
23. Appendix: Populations and Facilities of Towns, 1890 and 1910 (Table 2) 515
24. Bibliography 519
25. Index 553