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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have to tell you that this is the most
interesting read I have seen so far on this list. My family was both
green and brown as you put it. They started out green, getting donation
land claims in the early 1850’s in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Linn</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>County</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> but then because of the gold rush in the north east they sold
their very prosperous farm in the </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Willamette</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Valley</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> and decided to become teamsters in Hardman </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Oregon</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>. They ended up
being very prosperous sheep ranchers in Morrow and Umatilla and even </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Gilliam</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Counties</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>. I know very well
about the rattlesnakes. I went to the old Hardman cemetery to take
pictures of their graves and was warned by one of the few citizens left in the
Ghost Town of Hardman to watch out for rattle snakes. The area has been
converted from sheep ranching to cattle ranching and I guess cows don’t
keep the snakes away like sheep do.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If anyone wants to see what the area looks
like go to google and type in Hardman Ghost town. They have a wonderful
site and it really gives you the idea of what the place was like when it was a
boom town and then went bust when the railroad passed them by.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have the impression, reading our postings over the
past year, that most of us are from the Green Side of Oregon (West of
Cascades). So I thought I'd put my experiences on the brown Side out to Y'all.
(No I'm not from the South, actually I was Born in </span></font>Portland)</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In the late '40 and Early '50s, I was a Student at OSC
(Later OSU) majoring in Geology. At the end of my Jr Year, Our Geology Prof,
(Professor ("Doc") Wilkenson gave us an opportunity to use our Summer
Vacation for a 3 month Field Trip to The John Day Country. There were
about 10 of us that took him up on the Field Trip. So, in the middle of June We
Loaded up and went to The John Day Country (Cty Boy meets the out door life!). </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Actually afterI got used to 100+ deg days and Freezing
nights I found that i really liked the Area. We were camped on the </span></font>John
Day River living in Tents and sleeping on old Army Cots. Our camp site had
been picked by Doc to be in a Sheep pasture! He said that the Sheep kept
the Rattle Snakes away! Must have worked 'cause we hadno Rattlers in
camp.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Once I got used to the area I realized how
beautiful it was! Stark, Raw but really magnificent.!!! It was very
quiet, and at night the Stars were someting else to see.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I got 12 hours of Credit for the Field trip (with at
least a B Guarenteed).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Sad thing is that I never got to go Back.
The Air Force had different plans for me.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<br>
</span></font>Bob Goodman <br>
USAF Retired <br>
University Place, Washington</p>
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