Crook County Chronicles. Chronicling the history of Old Crook County. - Reminiscences, Letters & Recollections. Special Inaugural issue. Volume No. 1, 2021

Prineville, oregon: Crook County Historical Society, 2021. [First Edition]. Original wraps. Fine. 4to., pp. 40, cover photo: first known photo of Prineville 1881, historical photo illustrations, maps. -- Old Crook County included what is now Jefferson, Deschutes, part of Wheeler and present Crook Counties. First hand accounts of pioneers and early settlers in Old Crook County. Steve Lent has compiled and annotated the Reminiscences, Letters and Recollections included in this edition of the Chronicles. -- No notable defects. -- Overall Condition. Table of Contents: Autobiography and Reminiscences of Polly Jane Purcell. - Letter of Eunice Waters Robbins 1872. - Elisha Barnes Letter 1882. - Eva Dunham Doak. Tells Her Own Story. - Letter Written to Louisa Claypool from Her Husband David Wayne Claypool 1891. - Duel Recalled Between Hank Vaughan and Charlie Long. - Pioneer Jay Saltzman Writes of Burnt Ranch. - Camp Sherman Letter on News of Drake Expedition on Crooked River 1864. - Letter Written by Anne White 1883. - Letter Written by Jerry Luckey 1875. - Reminiscences of George Barnes on the Settlement of Ochoco Valley. = My Earliest Recollections of Prineville by Carey Foster. - V.F. Johnson Pioneer Recollections. - Ada Crain Harrington Remembering Indians, Covered Wagons and Range Wars. - Ed Harbin Recollections. - Milo Elkins Reminisces Coming to Old Crook County. - J.N. Williamson Recalls Customs of Early Days. - John Knox Recalls When Half a Million Sheep Shipped East. - Ben Jones Recalls First Trip to Central Oregon as a Youth. - Farewell Bend Recollections of Carey Foster. - John Hinton Recalls Family History. - James and Mary Keenan Recollections of Morrow and Keenan Ranch. - Mattie Zell Edwards Recalls Early Days in Central Oregon. - John C. Todd Letters of Recollections to Phil Brogan. - Lyn Nichols Recalls Living on Hay Creek. - The autobiography of Stephen hall Meek.