Abstract Master's thesis by Ray Mervyn Northam (1929-2003) discussing the population and industries of the Alsea Valley in Benton County, Oregon, in the 1950s. The thesis includes graphs, charts, maps, and photographs. Northam studied at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis and later taught economic and urban geography at the University of Georgia, Portland State University, Yale University, and Oregon State University. Alsea is an unincorporated community in the Coast...