Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Terry, Wallace
Record ID:
2007.1.158
Interviewer:
Brand, Ron
Interview Place:
Elgin, OR
Transcriptionist:
Helten, Paula (first piece) & Shearer, Ryan
Abstract:
This interview contains memories largely related to many years of working as a gyppo horse logger throughout the forests of northeastern Oregon.

The first interviews were conducted on October 20th and 27th, 2004.
Audio:
People:
Anderson, Swede
Bates, J. Herbert
Crouser, Bob
Crouser, George
Dougherty, Bill
Dougherty, Paul
Dyer, Bob
Eckstine, Jack
Fleecer, Ernest
Fleecer, Myron
Higgins, Red
Hook, Kenny
Kennedy, Janice
Kennedy, Lefty
Moore, W. E.
Rasmussen, Albert
Rasmussen, Nels
Reed, Hanford
Short
Spoole
Terry, Clifford
Terry, Pauline
Terry, Wallace
Van Dusen, Horace
Subjects:
Blacksmiths
Camps
Cattle
Creeks
Great Depression
Horses
Loggers
Logging
Lumber industry
Mills
Railroads
Rivers
Sawmills
Saws
Strikes
Timber
Trains
Trees
U.S. Army
Search Terms:
Alder Slope
Bartlett, OR
Bowman Hicks
Cat logging
Caterpillar
Chainsaws
Colorado
Crater Flat
Crow Creek
Disston
East Oregon Mill
Eden Bench
Elgin Recorder
Elgin, OR
Enterprise, OR
Evans, OR
Food Town
Forest Service
Foundation Springs
Goose Creek
Grande Ronde River
Grossman, OR
Gyppos
Hanford Bates
Hanford Reed Mill
Hoodoo, OR
Horse logging
Imbler, OR
International
Joseph, OR
La Grande, OR
Lewiston, ID
Little Minam River
Long Meadows
Lookingglass Creek
Lookkingglass Mill
Lostine, OR
Maul
McCulley
McCulloch
Minam Hill
Minam River
Model T
Montana
Palmer Junction
Palmer Valley
Pendleton, OR
Percherons
Phil Rile Mill
Pondosa, OR
Rasmussen Blacksmith
Red's Horse Ranch
Rockwall Grange
Rondell, OR
Saw filer
Sawyer
Shay
Skid logs
Spoole Mill
Stampeders
Stiff—boom jammer
Swamp Creeks
Teamster
Terry Brother's
Thomason Meadow
Three—Spot
Titan
Trail dogs
Troy, OR
Union County
Union, OR
Upper Minam River
Wallowa County
Wallowa River
Wenaha—Tucannon
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