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<div> Does anyone know of another resource?</div>
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Googling around, I find --<br>
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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 (<span>TimberMill
Shores -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2007/10/28/featured_story/doc472437433a5c9739063204.txt">http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2007/10/28/featured_story/doc472437433a5c9739063204.txt</a>)
</span>-- not all of the genealogy collection is in the catalog.<br>
<font color="#330033"><br>
"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. </font>
<p><font color="#330033">"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." -- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.klamathrowing.org/Jim%20Kerns.htm">http://www.klamathrowing.org/Jim%20Kerns.htm</a> -- Jim
Kerns was a good family friend, local business man, and all around good
guy.</font><font color="#330033"><i><font face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></i></font></p>
these various mills along Lake Ewauna were near where the log rafts are
shown on the lake in these pics<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-205.jpg">http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-205.jpg</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-208.jpg">http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-208.jpg</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-708.jpg">http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/59-708.jpg</a><br>
note the wigwam burner on the shore in the third pic<br>
and again - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/60-108.jpg">http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/images/60-108.jpg</a><br>
<font face="Arrus BT"><br>
</font>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.<font
face="Arrus BT"><br>
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</font>High-resolution digital files or prints of these images are
available for purchase at the Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street.<br>
<font face="Arrus BT">
<p>There are two recent locally produced volumes of historic Klamath
County photos -- I don't know if copies are still available.<br>
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<p>Lake Ewauna Box Mill mentioned:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=278">http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=278</a><br>
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<p>The Klamath Count<font face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica">y </font>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. --
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/newspaper%20articles%201910-1942.htm">http://www.co.klamath.or.us/museum/newspaper%20articles%201910-1942.htm</a><br>
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<p>Appraisement of Big Lakes Box Company, Klamath Falls. Appraisal of
buildings only. Detailed description of construction of buildings,
materials, plans, and photographs. One volume. --
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.library.oit.edu/shaw/50">http://www.library.oit.edu/shaw/50</a><br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"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." -- </font><big><font
size="-1"><big><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.merlewestscholarship.com/bio.html">http://www.merlewestscholarship.com/bio.html</a><br>
</big></font></big></p>
<p><big><font size="-1"><big>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.<br>
</big></font></big></p>
<p><big><font size="-1"><big>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. <br>
</big></font></big></p>
</font>Bill Strickland<br>
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