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Umatilla, Oregon

Introduction

Section I : Land of Two Rivers
Umatilla Memories
People of the Columbia
Precontact: The Large Confluence People
Aya'ci: The Salmon People
From River to Mountain
The Whitman Incident
The Walla Walla Council
By River and Rail
Chinese in Oregon
Chinese in Umatilla County
Building Community: The Petticoat Council
Go to the Source and Questions to Consider, Section I

Section II: Dam the Rivers - "All the Water for All the Land"
The Hermiston Irrigation Project
Dam the Columbia: Navigation
Umatilla Rapids Association
The Corps of Engineers
Dam the Columbia: "Hysterical Hooey"
Go to the Source and Questions to Consider, Section II

Section III: Remaking Community
War, Work, and Community
Community Disaster at the Umatilla Depot
McNary Dam: Optimum Development
The Flood of 1948
Opposition to McNary Dam
Opposition to McNary Dam: Indian Fisheries
Dedication Day
Boomtown Again
McNary Memorabilia
Building Community at McNary Dam
McNary Townsite
Women's Community
McNary: Symbol of Progress
Bridges over Umatilla County
Industrial Communities
Consequences of McNary Dam
Go to the Source and Questions to Consider, Section III

Section IV: Making Way for John Day
John Day: The Fishkiller
Lost Histories
Losing Half a Town
The Indian Graveyard
Umatilla Agriculture
Umatilla Basin Project
Mexican American Community
Go to the Source and Questions to Consider, Section IV

Section V: Umatilla Today and Tomorrow
Umatilla Challenges
Regional Choices: Economic Change
Umatilla Voices - Economy
Regional Choices: Incinerating the Past?
Umatilla Voices - The Depot
Regional Choices: The Salmon Crisis
Umatilla Voices - The Rivers
Questions To Consider, Section V
Acknowledgments

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