Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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Dates

Existence: 1942 - 2014

Biography

Local historian and author Kay Atwood, who has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region. Atwood’s books include Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon, Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon, 1850-1860, and Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. Her many other books and articles explore the settlement and development of communities in Southern Oregon, and include National Register nominations, cultural resource inventories, and environmental and organizational histories.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ashland Vegetation, 1979

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS025:02.16

Scope and Contents

The Ashland areas' vegetation with the types of plants, trees, and locations are described in the research paper. The document provides examples of poisonous, showy, unusual, edible, shade, screening, fire hazard during the dry season, and wildlife specimens. The paper includes recommendations for grasses and shrubs suitable in erosion control and ground cover, with scientific plant names.Oversized: Potential Native Original Vegetation of th Ashland Oregon Area, 1979.

Dates: 1979

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

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Subject: Endemic plants X