Frontier Doctor

Observations on Central Oregon and the Changing West

Urling C. Coe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

290 Seiten

2026
Oregon State University (Verlag)
978-1-962645-53-9 (ISBN)

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Frontier Doctor, Urling C. Coe's autobiographical account of his thirteen years in Central Oregon, details the extraordinary experiences of a young physician in a frontier town, from childbirthing to epidemics, broken bones to unwanted pregnancies. In 1905 Coe became the first licensed doctor in what he called "the heart of the last pioneer stock country of the West." His colorful, firsthand stories about treating patients—cowboys, rustlers, ranch wives, prostitutes, homesteaders, town boosters, and Native Americans—offer a vivid social history of town and ranch life on the Oregon high desert. They also document the development of a Western boomtown: with the arrival of the railroad in 1911, the wide-open settlement known as Farewell Bend was transformed into an important center of industry, commerce, and culture.

Urling C. Coe, MD (1881–1956) was born in Missouri and graduated from the University of Missouri and the Eclectic College of Cincinnati. He practiced medicine in Bend, Oregon—where he also served as a banker and the town's second mayor—until 1918, when he moved to Portland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2026
Reihe/Serie	Northwest Reprints
Einführung	Robert Bunting
Zusatzinfo	11 line drawings; 1 photo
Verlagsort	Corvallis, OR
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-962645-53-3 / 1962645533
ISBN-13	978-1-962645-53-9 / 9781962645539
Zustand	Neuware