personal narratives

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The historical records and firsthand accounts contain Mr. Powers' summary of Frank Boynton's experience in the 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California, and photocopies of three documents containing Del Norte County history starting in the mid-19th century.

Scope and Contents L-18 "History of Early Forest Work" by S. C. Bartrum, Roseburg, Oregon (100p; some pages missing). The paper includes recollections of the early days of the Forest, under the General Land Office, then called the Cascade Forest Reserve - South Division, 1899-1907. Bartrum notes interesting anecdotes regarding "Indian trails," deserted trapper cabins, hiring requirements for G.L.O. Rangers, "squatters," and the Prineville sheep men on the Rogue-Umpqua Divide. Attachments to the paper include...

Scope and Contents L-13 Reminiscences of Horace G. Whitney, Nov. 17, 1959, Cathedral City, California. Horace G. Whitney's reminiscences of early Applegate District Ranger. Whitney references the ..."one-room combined office and living quarters…at Star," where he and his new bride lived until larger living quarters were built in 1914. These larger living quarters were renovated and moved upriver in 1977 as a private residence. The one-room Ranger Station was long used as a storage shed at the Star Ranger...

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These materials concern the history of individuals and families in the unincorporated community of Illahe, Oregon. These materials include individual's accounts of their family history, primary source documents, newspaper articles, etc.

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Interview with Frank Thornton; interview with Lou Martin; interview with Ivin Billings; interview with Marial Billings–Akkeson; interview with Red Keller.

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L-21 John E. Gribble's reminiscences of the Moon Prairie Guard Station," Ashland, Oregon. The document includes brief notes on homesteaders, cattlemen, and early FS employees in the "Dead Indian country" east of Ashland. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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L-10 John D. Holst letter to Janie V. Smith, Administrative Assistant, Apr. 3, 1951, Butte Falls, Oregon (3p). John Holst's handwritten reminiscences of early Forest Service Ranger, construction of the Big Elk G.S. trail from Skeeter's Swamp to Fish Lake in 1907. Also notes Holst's duty station at Perk's Pasture and the timber cruise of P-and-E railroad right-of-way across the Cascades. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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The materials relate to the history of the town of Kerby, Oregon. Included are newspaper articles, typewritten firsthand accounts, and other historical documents related to Kerby. A Kerby Quadrangle maps dated 1918 and 1937.