Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Drummond, Wayne
Record ID:
2007.1.71
Interviewer:
Turner, John
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a wide range of subjects, some of which include: Extensive work directing trains as a railroad telegraph operator / dispatcher before the invention of Centralized Traffic Control. Also, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, and memberships in both the La Grande Pistol Club and the La Grande Rifle Club .
Audio:
People:
Arnold, Raymond
Baum, Dave
Beeson, John
Bennett, Jim
Carpenter, Vernon
Cavallo, Felix
Chandler, Grant
Daffer, Charles
Drummond, Betty
Drummond, Coulston Wayne
Drummond, Kathy
Drummond, Mark
Ebel, Ed
Fehr, Johnny
Fuller, Gene
Gerry, Cliff
Gerry, Jim
Goss, Bob
Graham, Layton
Johnson, Ben
Kelty, Gordon
McLaughlin, Jim
McLaughlin, Phyllis
Rohan, Frank
Smutz, Walter
Taylor, Merton
Taylor, Richard
Thatcher, Frank
Thielen, Ellery
Turner, John
Wilson, Ray
Wilson, Ross
Subjects:
Animals
Camps
Clubs
Creeks
Dams
Fishing
Floods
Great Depression
Hotels
Hunting
Ice
Korean War
Lumber industry
Mills
Parks
Police
Races
Racing cars
Railroad accidents
Railroad refrigerator cars
Railroads
Rifles
Rivers
Schools
Telegraph
Teletypewriters
Trails & paths
Trains
Typewriters
U.S. Army
World War II
Search Terms:
Anthony Lakes
Baker
Bench Canyon Pass
Blue Mountains
Bordon Chemical
Boulder Park
Bowman Hotel
Catherine Creek
Central School
Centralized Traffic Control
Deal Canyon
Dispatcher
Ditch'em
Eagle Creek Wilderness
Foley Hotel
Ford
Fort Gordon, Georgia
Fort Riley, Kansas
Gibbon
Grande Ronde Lake
Grande Ronde Valley
Green Parrot Grill
Haines
Hamilton Motor Co.
Hand Ford Motor
Helper cars
Hilgard
Hinkle
Huntington
Industrial machinery
Kamela
La Grande
La Grande Pistol Club
La Grande Rifle Club
M1 Garand
Main Eagle Creek
Mason Dam
Meacham
Mike Lynch's
Minam River
Morgan Lake
Morse code
Motanic
Motor cars
Mt. Emily Mill
North Powder
Pacific Fruit Express
Pendleton
Phillips Reservoir
Pilcher
Pleasant Valley
Railroad operator
Railway Express
Reith
Resin
Signal Corps
Signal maintainers
Stange Mill
The Mountain
Thief Valley Dam
U.S. Bank
U.S. Forest Service
Union Oil
Union Pacific
Walker Motor Co.
Wallowa Lake
Wolf Creek
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