Books About Lake Oswego
The Diary of Will Pomeroy
A Boy's Life in 1883 in Oswego, Oregon
Foreword:
The online bookseller's advertisement read "Manuscript notebook diary,
William A. Pomeroy, Oswego Or 1883". My first thought was that this
was too good to be true, but a conversation with the East Coast rare
book dealer convinced me that I'd stumbled across a unique glimpse
into Lake Oswego history during its days as the center of the West
Coast iron industry. This small canvas and leather tri-fold diary
affords a view of early Lake Oswego and Lake Grove from the rare
perspective of a 14 year old boy, the oldest son of the superintendent
of mines. Claire Kellogg (reference Librarian LO Public Library)
(AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARY, $15.00)
Oregon's Iron Dream
by Mary Goodall
Binfords and Mort publishers, Portland, Oregon copyright 1958
A story of Old Oswego and the proposed iron empire of the west.
Iron, Wood and Water
A Illustrated History of Lake Oswego
by Ann Fulton
A publication of the Oswego Heritage Council published 2002
There are a number of pictures of our classmates in this book. It can be purchased
through the Oswego Heritage Council.
Portland Confidential
by Phil Stanford
Published 2004
Sex, Crime and Corruption in the Rose city (This also included Lake Oswego). Striptease, drug pushers, pinball, payoffs, prostitution, racketeering (It's all there). Facinating look at the crime going on around us during the time of our childhood.
The End of the Dream
by Ann Rule
Pocket Books a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.
Chapter two deals with the tragic death of our beloved Kay Fenning Owens
in 1971.
Here are a couple more books written about Lake Oswego:
Charcoal Wagon Boy (A charming children’s school book)
by Theresa Truchot
Published in 1952 by Bindords & Mort Pub.
It is the story of a young boy in 1866 and how he worked for the first Iron Smelt in Lake Oswego.
Candy Apple Red by Nancy Bush. Nancy is an author living in LO and this is the first in a series
of Jane Kelly Mystery books.
The murder takes place on (we know it as Halverson's Island) and the lake is called Lake Chinook.
It is a very fun read and certainly brings back memories of summers of growing up in LO. The
New York Times describes her fast-paced novels as smart and sassy. She recently spoke at the
LO Library. Kensington Publishing Co.