{"product_id":"vandevert-the-hundred-year-history-of-a-central-oregon-ranch-9780964650626","title":"Vandevert: The Hundred Year History of a Central Oregon Ranch","description":"\u003cp\u003eCentral Oregon was the last frontier of the American West. Mountains, deserts, and deep river gorges kept it isolated well into the twentieth century. The region was almost uninhabited when William Plutarch Vandevert, legendary bear hunter, homesteaded a site on the Little Deschutes River in 1892 and built a log house that served his family for three generations. The Vandeverts raised cattle, sold timber, and served their community as civilization grew up around them. The ranch has been home to a stage stop, a frontier post office, a one room schoolhouse, a dance pavilion, horses, dogs, sheep, and even a duel. Today the ranch is home to some of the finest log homes in the west. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaynes, Ted:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ted Haynes graduated from Dartmouth College and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. He has studied writing with Nancy Packer and Hillary Jordan at Stanford and with Tom Parker and Donna Levin at UC Berkeley. He serves on the board of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize and is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Pacifc Northwest Booksellers Association, and the Central Oregon Writers Guild. He lives in Central Oregon in the summer and on the San Francisco peninsula in the winter. See more at www.tedhaynes.com\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcNellis, Grace Vandevert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Grace Vandevert McNellis grew up on Vandevert Ranch in the 1930's and 40's and has visited it almost every summer since to see family and friends.","brand":"Robleda Company, Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662340591890,"sku":"9780964650626","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3a4b242-3779-435d-9ee3-b5ed399b116d.jpg?v=1733520598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vandevert-the-hundred-year-history-of-a-central-oregon-ranch-9780964650626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}