Doctor John

by Jim Kjeldsen

Dr. John McLoughlin presided like a feudal king out of Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River during the fur-trading era. In the days when the Oregon Territory was governed jointly by the U.S. and Britain, he was the sole governor over an area that covered one-twelfth of the Earth's surface. After an epidemic reached Vancouver in summer 1830, killing 90 percent of the native population, only one person remained who was capable of governing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800167695
• ISBN13: 9781800167698
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Vanguard Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"