Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressMs. Goeres-Gardner has presented an impressively researched and meticulously documented examination of the history of legal executions i
The Oregon State Insane Asylum was opened in Salem on October 23, 1883, and is one of the oldest continuously operated mental hospitals on the West Coast. In 1913, the name was changed to the Oregon S
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThis book takes a peek at an often overlooked part of Western history. The Victorians were quite adept at keeping immoral or bad behavio
As the only maximum-security prison in the state, the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) has housed some of the most violent criminals on the West Coast, including brutal serial killers Charley Panzram i
Award-winning Oregon history writer Goeres-Gardner presents this history of Roseburg, Oregon through historic photographs. Roseburg became the Douglas county seat in 1854 and in 1872 became a major st
