Source: References listed below.

A number of student theses and papers have studied different aspects of the Oak Creek Basin's history. Patricia Benner's 1984 class paper provides a good synopsis and references useful maps and aerial photographs. Documents used to publicize Corvallis in its early years also provide perspective on the basin's settlement. Refer to the Agriculture section of this website for information about Oregon State's acquisition of land in the basin for animal science education.

Date: Spring 2002

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Datasets and Class Projects

Benner, Patricia, 1984, The Historical Record of Oak Creek, Benton County, OR, Report for Fisheries and Wildlife Limnology (FW 556), OSU.

Available: Online through the Fisheries and Wildlife Oak Creek Website

URL: http://www.orst.edu/dept/oakcreek/files/about.html

Notes: This is good synopsis of prior land use along Oak Creek and includes information about channelization, dams, mills, and homesteads.

Mary's River Oral History Project

Data author: students at Philomath High School

Dates Collected: October 1, 1979-September 30, 1980

Study Location: Mary's River Watershed

Available: A project description is available on-line through the Marys River Watershed Council.

URL for file: http://www.marys-river-wc.peak.org/projects/index.htm

1851 Land Cover

Author: Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium

Parameters:

Study Location: Entire Willamette Valley.

Dates Collected: Monthly, 2001-2002?

Sampling Method: The GIS coverage is based on the Public Land Survey records that created land boundaries for homesteading.

Available: http://osu.orst.edu/dept/pnw-erc/

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Available: OSU Valley Library LD4330 1933 16

Longwood, F. R., 1940, A land use history of Benton County, Oregon [MS Thesis]: College of Forestry, Oregon State College, 136p.

Available: OSU Valley Library LD4330 1940 27

Rowland, C., 1965, Subdivision of land : Benton County, Oregon, Pierce County, Washington [MS Paper]: College of Forestry, Oregon State University, 21 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library SD144.O7 1965 .R67

Thomas, G. M., and Schroeder, G. H., 1936, see reference on Forestry page.

Wales, Robert, W., 1965. The Corvallis, Oregon Rural-Urban Fringe: Conceptualization, Delineation, and Land Use [M.S. Thesis]: Department of Rangeland Resources, Oregon State University, 111 p.

Availabe: OSU Valley Library LD4330 1965 177

Yamaguchi, K., 1992, Historical land use and its impact on Oak Creek, Oregon [M.S. Thesis]: Department of Rangeland Resources, Oregon State University, 43 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library LD4330 1993 .Y35

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unknown, 1980, Cultural resource inventory, Benton County, Oregon: Corvallis, Oregon: Volume 1, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University.

Available: OSU Valley Library F882.B4 C81

Baker, V. W., and Mumford, D. C., 1942, Land settlement in the Willamette Valley with special reference to Benton County, Oregon: Station bulletin / Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station, v. 407, 46 p.

Benton County Citizens' League, 1904, Benton County, Oregon. Illustrated, 16 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library F882.B4 B4

Courtney, E. W., 1931-, c1984, see reference on Agriculture page.

Fagan, D. D., 1885, A history of Benton County, Oregon including its geology, topography, soil and productions: Oregon, Walling, A. G., 532 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library F882.B4 F2

League of Women Voters of Corvallis (ed.), 1980, This is Benton County Oregon: Corvallis, Oregon, 29 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library F882.B4 L45

Moore, J. C., Mrs., 1947, Enumeration of the inhabitants of Benton County, Oregon Territory as taken by Charles Wells, assessor for the year 1854; copied from the original in the Benton Co., Ore. courthouse, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Available: OSU Valley Library F874.5 B4

Nelson, M. N., 1946, The economic base for power markets in Benton County, Oregon: Bonneville Power Administration, Division of Industrial and Resources Development, Market Analysis Section.

Read, R. T., 1984-1996, Historical overview of the Soap Creek, Fairmount, and Corvallis 1 precincts of Benton County, Oregon: Benton County Historical Society.

Notes: Cited in Moret, 1997

Southern Pacific Company and Corvallis Commercial Club (Or.), 1912?, Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon: Portland, Oregon, James, Kerns & Abbott Co., 32 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library F884.C6 C6

Corvallis (Or.). Board of Trade and Yaquina City (Or.). Board of Trade, 1890, Benton County, Oregon : the heart of the famous Willamette Valley: Portland, Oregon, Lewis & Dryden Printing, 24 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library F882.B4 C6

University of Oregon, Bureau of Municipal Research and Service, 1965, A plan for land use and major streets, Benton County, Oregon: Eugene, Bureau of Municipal research and Service, University of Oregon, 28 p.

Available: OSU Valley Library NA9127.B3 O7

Notes: "Preparation for this report was financially aided through a federal grant from the Urban Renewal Administration...Project No. Oregon P-50."

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