About the Author

Diane L. Goeres-Gardner is a fifth-generation Oregonian whose ancestors came to Oregon in 1852 and settled in Tillamook County. She is the award-winning author of four books, including Necktie Parties: Legal Executions in Oregon, 1851-1905 and Murder, Morality, and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon. John Terry is a retired journalist whose career, starting in 1963 with the Salem Capital Journal, spanned 50 years. For 15 years starting in 1997 he wrote a weekly column on Oregon history for The Oregonian.