Download or read book Stories of Old Oregon (Classic Reprint) written by George A. Waggoner and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories of Old Oregon Oregon's Pioneers. How shall a tale of the West be told? Who will write it in letters of gold? Where is the one whose magic pen Shall make its heroes live again? Heroes who made a desert sod, Touched as if by Aaron's rod, Blossom o'er its wide domain With flowers, fruit, and golden grain. Patriots who watch and ward did keep While all the nation was asleep; Till every hill and every vale Held touching, tragic, thrilling tale; And western soil, from flood to flood, Was enriched with patriot blood. Where their campfire smoke has curled, There our banner was unfurled; While their cabins rose in air, They were building house more fair. From Missouri's tawny flood, Where the painted savage stood, The Pacific's golden gate, They were building house of state. The of hand and heart and eye, They were building to the sky. Well they builded; 'neath their domes States and empires have their homes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.