Who is behind Your Land History

Your Land History is a project of Dr. Bob Zybach and Dr. Dave Sullivan. The research method comes from Oregon Websites and Watersheds; the idea began in the library of Oregon Advocates for School Trust Lands.

Corrections, additions and questions: drdavesullivan@gmail.com

Why the sample is a tree farm near Pedee

The sample report is Dave and Barb Sullivan’s own land: their tree farm on Kings Valley Highway near Pedee, in Polk County, Oregon. Researching its history with Bob Zybach is what gave them the idea for this site, so we use it as the example: in the software business that is called eating your own dog food.

Acknowledgments

Oregon Advocates for School Trust Lands; Oregon Websites and Watersheds; and the agencies whose records the reports use: the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the Oregon State Archives, and Oregon’s county offices.

The books: Knowing Your Land and The User’s Manual. How a report is made: How this works.