[or-roots] Frank Grimm

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>  Does anyone know of another resource?


Googling around, I find --

as previously mentioned, the microfilm of the Herald & News and other 
area papers are, or at least used to be, at the Klamath County Library, 
which  incidentally is across the street from the probable old location 
of the box mill you mention -- currently being redeveloped  (TimberMill 
Shores - 
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2007/10/28/featured_story/doc472437433a5c9739063204.txt) 
--  not all of the genealogy collection is in the catalog.

"Prior to 1960 Lake Ewauna was a log pond for Modoc Lumber and Ewauna 
Box Factory, Ewauna Box was absorbed by Weyerhaeuser in 1952 and the 
mill site abandoned and sold to Modoc Lumber company. By 1970, most of 
the  logs had been removed from the lake. 

"By 1995 Modoc had shut down its lumber operations, and  Modoc Lumber 
and the city of Klamath Falls, in 2003 we were able to build Jim Kerns 
Crewhouse in Veterans Memorial Park. In 2005, Veterans Park was expanded 
by 2 lakefront acres adjacent to the boathouse. The mill sites on the 
east side of the lake are now under development under the name Timber 
Mill Shores, but for the time being it remains one of the very few 
undeveloped downtown lakefronts in the country."  -- 
http://www.klamathrowing.org/Jim%20Kerns.htm  -- Jim Kerns was a good 
family friend, local business man, and all around good guy.

these various mills along Lake Ewauna were near where the log rafts are 
shown on the lake in these pics
http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-205.jpg
http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-208.jpg
http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-708.jpg
note the wigwam burner on the shore in the third pic
and again - http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/60-108.jpg

The photos shown here were taken by Klamath Falls resident Jim Floyd 
(1905-1973) in 1959 and 1960. These images were donated to the Klamath 
County Museum in November 2005 by Floyd's son, James A. Floyd.

High-resolution digital files or prints of these images are available 
for purchase at the Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street.

There are two recent locally produced volumes of historic Klamath County 
photos -- I don't know if copies are still available.

Lake Ewauna Box Mill mentioned:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=278

The Klamath County Museum charges a basic research fee of $10 per 
half-hour, with a half-hour minimum. Copies are 25 cents per page.  Send 
research requests, with a check for $10 or more, to: Klamath County 
Museum, 1451 Main St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601. Please provide guidance 
on the extent of research you desire to have done. We can either provide 
an estimate of how much research would be helpful, or proceed with 
research and provide an invoice for additional charges. -- 
http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/newspaper%20articles%201910-1942.htm

Appraisement of Big Lakes Box Company, Klamath Falls. Appraisal of 
buildings only. Detailed description of construction of buildings, 
materials, plans, and photographs. One volume. -- 
http://www.library.oit.edu/shaw/50

"In early 1917 Merle and partners organized a new company which bought a 
milling yard for manufacturing box shook, i.e., the wooden parts used in 
making wooden boxes.  In a short time, the firm Big Lakes Box Company 
outgrew its small space, and a new plant was built.  The expanded 
operation included both a box factory and a sawmill.  The box factory 
and office stood very near where the City of Klamath Falls Street 
Department's maintenance building is now located."  -- 
http://www.merlewestscholarship.com/bio.html

Until recently, the local hospital was named after Merle West, but 
recent fundraising and remodeling has included another name change. 
There is more to this story than should be presented in a public forum. 
Personally, if you are seriously ill in Klamath County, I recommend you 
go north to Bend. Unless you need a neurosurgeon, Klamath seems to have 
a decided lack of quality medical practitioners, in spite of this one 
individual's considerable contribution.

Anyway, the current city shops location that is mentioned is off South 
Sixth Street near the railroad yard, not too far from what was the 
eastern shore of Lake Ewauna. 

Bill Strickland
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