THE QUARTERLY

of the Oregon Historical Society VOLUME XXV SEPTEMBER, 1924 NUMBER 3 Copyright, 1923, by the Oregon Historical Society The Quarterly.disavows responsibility for the positions taken by contributors to its pages. CONTENTS Pages FRANK B. GILL —Oregon's First Railway ^^^S^B^." 171-235 JOHN TILSON GANOE—The History of the Oregon and California Railroad—I '^W&BSt ' '^^f^^SBBm^ • 236 " 283 LESLIE M. SCOTT —Oregon History Writers and Their Materials 284-293 NEWS AND COMMENT - C .^ ^^^^4^"%J^^^^" . 2 ^4 PRICE: FIFTY CENTS PER NUMBER, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR Entered at the post office at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter