Troutman, Janis M. (Janis Marie), 1929-2019
Biographical note
Janis Marie Pryor was born in Butte, Montana, in 1929, and grew up in Pateros, Washington. In 1948, Tex Troutman and Janis Pryor married, and later had three children. The family lived on the Troutman family homestead in the Pearl Hill area of Bridgeport, where they raised wheat and cattle, and operated an apple orchard. Janis Troutman died in 2019.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by the Troutman family in their interview; On-Farm Trials Podcast, Season 1, Episode 1, featuring Wade Troutman, November 23, 2023 (accessed December 2025), https://rss.com/podcasts/pnwfarmersnetwork/1212289/; "The State Conservation Commission announces leadership changes," December 15, 2023 (accessed December 2025), https://www.scc.wa.gov/news/the-state-conservation-commission-announces-leadership-changes.
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Oral history interview with Tex Troutman, Janis Troutman and Wade Troutman
Oral history interview with Tex L. Troutman, Janis M. Troutman, and their son Wade Troutman, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 9, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. The Troutmans discuss the history and operation of their family farm in Bridgeport, Washington.