Company towns of the Pacific Northwest

Description:

Social history of communities that existed in the twentieth century for timber, mining, dam, explosives and wartime workers, with an emphasis on their daily life: ethnic and gender make-up of population, housing, company store, recreation, education, religious services, transportation (many communities were landlocked), and impact of the world wars and the Great Depression. Includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and one community in British Columbia. Detailed map and many never previously published photographs.

subjects: City and town life,  Company towns,  Economic conditions,  History,  History, Local,  Local History,  Social conditions,  Northwest history,  timber communities,  coal mining in Northwest,  Northwest, pacific, history,  Canada, economic conditions

Places: Pacific Northwest,  Pacific States,  Port Gamble,  Grisdale,  Gilchrist,  Shevlin,  Holden,  Richland,  Coulee Dam,  Dupont,  Vanport,  Kinzua,  Valsetz,  Roche Harbor,  Potlatch

Times: Covers the period 1900-2000.