Peoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898 - 1915

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By Steven L. Grafe

The second book in The Western Legacies Series.

The Columbia River Plateau was populated for centuries by diverse Indian peoples. By the late nineteenth century their lives had irrevocably begun to change. Lee Moorhouse was a Pendleton, Oregon businessman who believed that the Indians around him were a “dying race” and he was driven to collect their artifacts and take their photographs. During a 20-year career, he produced more than 3000 glass-plate negatives of Plateau Indian subjects.

This book marks the first major examination of Lee Moorhouse and his work. Featuring eighty exquisite plates, it showcases his extensive photographic collection and tells the story of the man and the world in which he lived and worked.

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