Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Hadden, Boyd
Record ID:
2007.1.88
Interviewer:
Lawson, Brenda
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Helten, Paula (first half)
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Boyd's position as Union County Watermaster, farming, harvesting hay, ranching, dairy cows, sports, hunting, fishing, Hadden Ranch, and the Clover Creek Pioneer Halfway House.

The first interview took place on December 4, 2004.
Audio:
People:
Eisminger
Hadden, Howard Boyd
Zaugg, Stuart
Subjects:
Animals
Apples
Barns
Baseball
Basketball
Birds
Bridges
Cabins
Calves
Canning & preserving
Chickens
Combines (Agricultural machinery)
Cows
Creeks
Crocheting
Dairy farming
Dams
Dogs
Embroidery
Environmental management
Farming
Farms
Fish
Fishing
Football
Gardens
Harvesting
Hay
Haystacks
Hogs
Homes
Houses
Hunting
Irrigation
Logging
Milk
Milking
Mountains
Parents
Peaches
Pears
Pigs
Pioneers
Plays
Rabbits
Ranch
Ranches
Reunions
Rivers
Roller skating
Roping
Schools
Siblings
Snow
Softball
Sports
Surveying
Swimming
Swimming pools
Wagons
Water
Water distribution structures
Water use
Wheat
World War II
Search Terms:
Ag and Soils Building
Aladdin lamp
Anthony Lakes
Baker County
Baker, OR
Battle Mountain
Bear
Beaver Creek Reservoir
Boise, ID
Boy Scouts
Buck rake
Catherine Creek
Class of 1948
Clover Creek
Clover Creek Ranch
Cougar
Country School
Cove, OR
Crank telephone
Crop threat
Deer
Derrick
Elk
Elkhorn Mountains
Fish and Wildlife
Game Commission
Grande Ronde River
Greenwood School
Grouse
Halfway House
Hay mow
Haying
Heppner, OR
High—Y
Horses
Hot Lake
Imnaha, OR
Island City, OR
Jackson fork
John Day Bridge
John Day, OR
Junior High School
Kerosene lamp
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Ladd Marsh
Lard
Little Creek
Lostine, OR
May Pole
Maytag wringer machine
Milton—Freewater, OR
Model A
Myrtle Creek
Newspaper article
North Powder River
North Powder, OR
Ontario, OR
Oregon Trail
Party lines
Pendleton, OR
Phonics
Pie socials
Pine Cone
Portland, OR
Potlucks
Rondell, OR
Sage hens
Salem, OR
Senior High School
Sensor Box place
Separator
Snake River
Spelling bees
State of Oregon
Taylor Green
The Dalles, OR
Tollgate, OR
Tri—Y
Troy, OR
U.S. Geological Survey
Umatilla County
Umatilla District
Union County
Union, OR
University of Oregon
Walla Walla, WA
Wallowa County
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa River
Water master
Water Resource Department
Water rights
Watermaster
Willamette Valley
Wind charger
PDF File Attachment:
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Watermaster article - 2Watermaster article - 2
Watermaster article - 1Watermaster article - 1
Boyd Hadden's Parents, 1961Boyd Hadden's Parents, 1961
Boyd Hadden and SiblingsBoyd Hadden and Siblings
Ranch home and cabin, 1940sRanch home and cabin, 1940s
Hadden ranch in snowHadden ranch in snow
Hadden Ranch HouseHadden Ranch House
Haying with derrickHaying with derrick
Crop threat article,  p. 1Crop threat article, p. 1