Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 1, 1983-1984
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 2, 1983-1984
The second of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded."
State Historic Preservation Office, Josephine County Sites, 1979
Preservation archaeologist Leland Gilsen compiled the list of historical sites in Josephine County for the State Historic Preservation Office. The list was sent to Mr. Bruce Bartow at the Josephine County Planning Office on Aprill 11, 1979.