Oregon Geographic Names
- ISBN-10
- 0875950388
- ISBN-13
- 9780875950389
- Category
- History / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- Pages
- 835
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- Oregon Historical Society
- Author
- Lewis Ankeny McArthur
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