Archive for March, 2008

I Just Happen to be 100 Years Old, That’s All

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Faith Black, told by Cheryl Clark- Salem, OR

“Faith Kimball Black turned 100 years old on December 19, 2007…”

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In Love with Oregon

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Shirley Nelson- Port Orford, OR

“At eighteen I left Washington state and traveled to Oregon with my family….”

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Here to Stay

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Jim Bender- Klamath Falls, OR
“I drove into Oregon for the first time in the spring of 1980….”

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Wedding Rings Lost, Community Found

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Dr. Alena Amato Ruggerio- Medford, OR

“My wedding rings symbolize my loving husband who moved across the country so I could teach at Southern Oregon University…”

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Lost In Paradise

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Daniel C. Robertson- Yoncalla, OR
“My maternal grandparents (AH and Flora Keck of Adrian, Oregon) lived on a farm called the Island at the junction of the Owyhee and Snake Rivers…”

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Last Cattle Drive through Madras

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Jarold Ramsey- Madras, OR
“One fall (it must have been in the early ‘50’s), we were bringing the cows home from summer range…”

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Questions for Grandma Carlson

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Gail Denham- Sunriver, OR
“Grandma, why did you hide behind that rigid, self-sufficient mask…”

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Harney Lake

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Ellen Waterston- Bend, OR
“When the land said stop talking…”

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