[or-roots] Row River Row

[l.horine at comcast.net]

I'm new to the list but have been fascinated by the wealth of information you all have - and also by the gentle kindness of those who populate this list! 


My maternal grandfather had a logging operation and a Mill on Turner Creek in North Yamhill County in the 1909-1917 period and we have some marvelous stories of the cook - don't know that they had a male cook, but the woman who cooked there packed loaves of bread into a large kettle to move to Heppner - and found at the end of the journey that she'd packed a mouse as well. Let's just say the mouse wasn't hungry at the end of the trip! There were also lots of timber operations in Clackamas County around that time. 


Granddad came from Minnesota ( I think he and Paul Bunyan had logged the Great North Woods and had to come to Oregon to find more trees) in 1905 for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and then he and several of his logging partners from MN moved to Oregon by 1907 to log in the Coast Range - 


Lyn 

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From: "Dale Harguess" <daleharguess4 at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:26:15 AM 
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Row River Row 


once again you folks have peeked my interest. I have been trying to find out for years if there was ever a large logging camp near Portland in the 1917 to 1919 time frame. My grandmother was a cook in a logging camp at that time and that is where she met my grandfather who was also a cook in the same logging camp. I have a photo of some of the loggers standing in the camp near a building but can't identify it. It is one of those old wide, about 12 inches wide by about 3-1/2 inches tall. I have several of those old photos from the time frame of about 1910 to 1920. 
I sure would like to know the name of the logging camp and if there is any information about it. 
Dale in California 


On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Leslie Chapman < opera_70 at yahoo.com > wrote: 



	Off the top of my head I seem to remember seeing or hearing something in some of the histories lately about the "Bucket of Blood" or some such tavern up toward Dorena or past it (Seems like it had a legitimate name too?) where as much entertainment was had by the loggers trying to knock each other's teeth out every Saturday night as they had by drinking and dancing. I assume that is the story you are referring too? 


Les C 


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To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 4:54 PM 


Hi Les, 

Thank you for the information. I will check this link. 

Yes, I can see how my email address would lead you to think I live somewhere between Cottage Grove and Dorena. 
In fact I'm a native San Diegan. I did live in Cottage Grove in 2002 and in Eugene from 2003 to 2006. That is not, however, the reason my email is Row River.... 

Being from Cottage Grove and interested in genealogy perhaps you have heard the story of how the Row River became the Row after originally being called the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette. My ggg grandfather was the George Clark referenced in this story. 

If you haven't heard the story I'll be happy to share it with you. 

Stephen Clark 





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