Giles, Gilbert A. (Gilbert Arthur), 1910-2002
Biographical note
Gilbert Arthur Giles was born in Bickleton, Washington, in 1910. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg. He married Helen Cleo Hawthorne in 1932, and they later had one child. During the 1930s, Giles worked as a teacher near Okanogan, Washington. From 1945 to 1952, he was the principal at Lyle High School in Lyle, located on the eastern side of the Columbia River Gorge. When Giles retired from his career in education, he and Helen Giles moved to White Salmon, Washington. Giles died in 2002.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Giles in his interview; Giles’s obituary in the Columbia Gorge News, November 27, 2002.
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Oral history interview with Gilbert A. Giles
Oral history interview with Gilbert A. Giles, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 3, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Giles discusses how the construction of dams on the Columbia River affected salmon populations and the Native people who lived along the river.