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Klamath County Historical Society, Volume 1, Number 2. The boat issue. Paper covers, 90 pp, plus several additional pages of ads.
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In very good condition. Black and white illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Black and white illustrations, maps. [From Editor's Page] It has been a long time from the beginning of the first notes taken for this boating history, seventeen years, until this work went to press, June 10, 1965. Reminiscences, old newspaper clippings, photographs, and this past year, a concentration on the old newspaper files in the offices of the Herald and Hews, have constituted the foundation for our history. We especially want to thank Floyd Wynne, Managing Editor of the Herald and News, who made the old newspaper files available, without which this history as compiled, would not have been possible. We also want to thank Mr. Alfred D. Collier, Hal Ogle and the Klamath County Museum, for photos, information and their cooperation. We have been troubled with a surplus of photos and information, rather than a lack; in fact, we have left on hand enough information and photos at this time, to print another book this size. We hope that before too many years elapse, someone will take up where this history leaves off, fill in the blank spots, use many of the photos left unprinted and bring the boating history of the Klamath country up to date. Even now as this history is presented to the public, we presume there may be errors in it; probably we have inadvertently stepped on someone's toes by mentioning something we should not, or by failing to give credit where credit is due. We could only print the information we had available or that was told to us; if anyone had other pertinent information we are only sorry that it was not made available. It is our understanding that at least three other sources are preparing boat histories, and for that reason we have avoided certain subjects wherever possible. Gathering this information has been an interesting excursion into the past. To the steamboats, we offer our sincere sympathies, they pioneered, took on board passengers and freight, and in general opened up the region. The railroads came, and business slackened for the steamer. Then the highways and logging roads followed, with trucks taking over. Business slackened in turn for certain railroads and disappeared for the steamer. Only the pleasure boats remained.