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Bear Creek Press

Books unique to the Northwest


"Sometimes it's the little things that count. Take Bear Creek Press for example.

So far, everything it's done is worth seeking out...their product is superior in its content."

Dan Hays, Statesman Journal


Established in 1999, Bear Creek Press of Wallowa, Oregon, publishes books unique to the Northwest, especially those that capture the life or preserve the history of the region.


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Note: With the exception of links to artists, authors, book orders, and catalogs, most of the following pages are intended for the use of Bear Creek authors, though anyone is welcome to browse.

Artist Links

Author Links

Book Design

Book Index

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Book Proposals

Includes Frequently Asked Questions About Proposals

Bookstore Advantages

Contact Information

Includes Meet the Staff

Current Catalog (main)

Current Catalog (text-only)--Sorry, no longer available.

House Style

Manuscript Mechanics

includes Bibliography Format and Usage Preferences

Marketing Basics

Prospective Authors

Publisher's Note

Publishing Agreement

includes Frequently Asked Questions About Publishing

Self-Publishing


Bookstore Advantages

To independent bookstores and gift shops that order directly from us, we offer the following advantages:

Examine our current catalog here.

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Prospective Authors

For authors with book ideas that fit our publishing needs, we are open to proposals.

For authors seeking assistance with the production of their books, we offer limited self-publishing services.

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Authors of Bear Creek Press books

Steve Arndt

Roads Less Traveled in Northwest Oregon: A Guide to Back Roads & Special Places

Roads Less Traveled in Southwest Oregon: A Guide to Back Roads & Special Places

Roads Less Traveled in North-Central Oregon: A Guide to Back Roads & Special Places


Joe Blakely

The Bellfountain Giant Killers: The Story of a Small Oregon High School and its Miraculous Championship Season

The Tall Firs: The Story of the University of Oregon & the First NCAA Basketball Championship

Lifting Oregon Out of the Mud: Building the Oregon Coast Highway


Cath Clark and Richard W. Helbock, editors

Frontier Cavalryman: Lt. William Carey Brown's Letters from Fort Klamath, Oregon, 1878-1880


Larry O'Neal

Nez Perce Exile: The Struggle for Freedom, 1877-1885


Jon M. & Donna McDaniel Skovlin

The Murder of John Hawk: Indians, Stockmen, Vigilantes and the Settling of the Northwest Frontier


Kristy St. Clair

Accidental Cowgirl: A City Slicker's Life on an Eastern Oregon Ranch


Michael C. Taylor

Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway


Pat Wilkins

Somewhere in the Northwest: On the Road in Oregon & Washington

Somewhere in Oregon: On the Road Across the State

Somewhere in Eastern Oregon

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Artists whose work appears in Bear Creek Press books

Greg Cross

Rebecca Wood Hardesty

Gene Hayes

Eric Valentine

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Bear Creek Press


With its World Headquarters located at the old Abbie Riggle Place on Bear Creek Road just one mile from downtown Wallowa, Oregon, Bear Creek Press is the largest publishing house on the southwest bank of the Wallowa River.

"Well-designed and well-printed books."

Statesman-Journal (Salem, Oregon)


"There could be nothing so important as a book can be."

Editor Max Perkins in a letter to author Thomas Wolfe

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Bear Creek Press produces only organic, free-range books containing no pesticides, herbicides, preservatives, or growth hormones. Ask your bookseller if Bear Creek Press books are right for you.