Author: Percy T. Booth

Book Description
This 60 page volume is the story of Indian Mary, a Rogue Indian who lived in the deep canyons of the Rogue River and operated a ferry at the present site of Indian Mary Park. The book also contains pioneer pictures of the area and other historical stories of early trailblazers. This book is very popular throughout the Rogue Valley and even at Indian Mary Park near Galice, Oregon, the location of the pioneer ferry. A great companion book to Valley of the Rogues.

Softcover: 60 pages
Publisher: B&B Publishing

Book Review
It's hard to visit Indian Mary Park in the Hells Gate Canyon area along the Rogue River without wondering what life must have been like for Umpqua Joe, Indian Mary's father, and the rest of his family.

Percy T. Booth's book, "The Legend of Indian Mary and Umpqua Joe" does a great job of answering these questions. Mr. Booth weaves the sometimes hearbreaking story of Umpqua Joe, a simple man, who just wanted to raise his family in the best way he knew how.

It was Umpqua Joe who warned the white settlers and miners in this portion of the Rogue Valley about an organized attack by the Rogue Indians. So was Umpqua Joe a traitor to his people for warning the whites, or was he a peace–loving man who got caught up in circumstances beyond his control?

And what about Joe’s daughter Mary? What did she do after her father, Umpqua Joe, and her husband, Albert Peco, murdered each other over a dog?

This thoroughly engrossing, 60 page book will provide the answers to these questions and may give rise to even more questions!