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History of Crook County [Wiki]

Crook County Towns:
Combs Flat, Forest Crossing, Lone Pine, Mc Allister
O'Neil, Paulina, Post, Powell Butte, Prineville, Roberts, Suplee

Updated...
Film # 100368, Item 10, 11 & 12
This section of Film has three OR Items of Interest
The first is:

A Complete List
of Both
Active and Inactive Members
Of The
Orregon State BAR
[Corrected To September 1, 1937]
Prepared from the Records of and with the Co-operation of
Frederick H Sercombe, Secretary
Stevens-Ness law Publishing Co.
Portland, Oregon
The downloaded images are here

Items 11 & 12 are Oregon "Who's Who": 1929-1944
The Chart below will be your guide to the files

The Volume for 1936-1937 is a book found in the FS Catalog: Use This Link



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Capitol's
Who's Who for Oregon
A Triennial Reference Work
1942-1944
Compiled and Published By
Capitol Publishing Company Publshing Plant, S W 116th and Morrison
Portland, Oregon
Biographies: Image Ranges
A - B: 1450-1482 ~ C - E: 1482-1515 ~ F - K: 1515-1569
L - M: 1569-1598 ~ N - R: 1598-1626 ~ S - Z: 1626-1674
Addenda - Errata: 1674-1678
Georgaphical Index: 1940
Alpha by City Location ~ Images: 1439-1446


Historical and Biographical Books
The Oregon Encyclopedia: Crook County

"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900 
Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]
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"An Illustrated History of
Central Oregon
Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler,
Crook, Lake and Klamath Counties"
Western Historical Publishing Company
Spokane, Wash: 1905
Crook County Biographies: "History of Central OR"
The Index is Here ~ Extracted Bio Section - PDF File
Read Online or Download
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" An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon"
H. K. Hines, Author; Published by Lewis Pub. Co.,
Chicago, 1893
There is no index, use this link to read online or download [Archive.org]
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"The Centennial History of Oregon 1811 - 1912 "
Volume's II ~ III ~ IV
The S J Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912
Bio Index is at the back of Vol IV
Below is a list of 'Crook Folk'
Bushnell, Robert D, P 373 ~ Hindman, William C, P 95 ~ Olcott, Ben W, P 236
Osborn, Margaret A, P 256 ~ Sears. James. A, P 755 ~ Spike, Elmer S, P 69
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"Oregon Native Son"
Publication with Bio's and Sketches
1899-1900 Index
The Books can be downloaded from several places:
Archive.org ~ Family Search ~ Goodle Books
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"History of the Great Northwest and it's Men of Progress"
Pub: The Minneapolis Journal - The Index is Here
Read Online or Download

There are a lot of 'Family Histories' in the FS Book portion of the FS WebSite.
To access them:
Log in, Search, Books.
Enter County of Choice, a list comes up.
To the left is a list of parameters:
There are 'levels of access' the ones marked "Public" or Full Permission"
can be read online or downloaded


Maps
Oregon Base Map ~ Oregon Territory Map 1852
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps
American Georgaphical Society Library - Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Oregon~ Railroad Maps
And, of course, Google Earth ~ "MapGoose"
Topo of Crook County
"Oregon - Geo Hazards Viewer"

Historic Map Works : "Residential Genealogy"
This set of Web Pages has Photographs of Historical Buildings, etc.
Here is the description:
As many thousands of the buildings, churches, residences, shops and mills photographed can also be found on the maps within the Historic Map Works collection, it is fitting that we link the two databases to simplify the research process. With this in mind, we are pleased to offer our visitors to access to these important documents in a format complimentary, yet novel accompaniment to the extensive efforts of the Library of Congress and the National Parks Service.

Trails West & Mining History
Overland Trail ~ Oregon Trail
Oregon Mining Maps
'Ghost Towns in Oregon'
Ghost Towns, Mining Camps and Historical Sites
The Volcano's of Oregon


"More New Books"

"American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation"
by Howes, Durward, 1899-
Publication date, 1937 - V2
There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational
There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K]
The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections.
The Indexes and Sections are Here
Read Online or Download

Portrait and Biographical Record
of
Western Oregon
Containing Original Sketches of many well known Citizens
of the Past and Present
Illustrated
Chapman Publishing Company
Chicago
1904
The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download [Archive.org]

History Of The
Pacific Northwest:
Oregon And Washington

Embracing An Account Of The Original Discoveries On The Pacific Coast Of
North America, And A Description Of The Conquest, Settlement And
Subjugation Of The Vast Country Included In The Original Territory Of Oregon

Also Interesting Biographies Of The Earliest Settlers And
More Prominent Men and Women of the Pacific Northwest
Volume II, 1889

Compiled And Published By The
North Pacific History Company
Of Portland, Oregon
The Biographies have been split to Alpha Sections
The Files are large, but can be downloaded: Please use this link
Please use this link for the Index

There are Historical Paragraphs about several OR Counties:
Here is the Paragraph for Crook County



Family Search "Collections"
Compiled Pages with Clickable links to each Database
All of the linked, Searchable Lists can be found here.
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records  [Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel [Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]

Obituary Lookups:

Place of Birth: Oregon ~ Place of Death: San Luis Obispo County, California
Files from Genealogy Bank [Lookups done on Heritage Hub]
Please use this link for the Index ~ Contact: Martha for Lookup


Lookups and Queries
I have access to the following Subscription Databases
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ Access World News
Los Angeles [CA] Times ~ New York Times
 My Heritage
Lookups: Contact Martha

If you wish to post Genealogical Queries, Cyndi's List has a nice selection