White, Bonnie L., 1950-
Biographical note
Bonnie L. Evans was born in Newberg, Oregon, in 1950, and Dennis Allen White was born in Elkin, North Carolina, in 1944. They met while attending Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, and they married in 1972. In 1976, Dennis White earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a teaching certificate from Washington State University. Dennis and Bonnie White then moved to Trout Lake, Washington, where Dennis White taught high school until 1988. The couple ran an organic fruit orchard in Trout Lake for the next two decades. The Whites were active in the movement to designate the White Salmon River as a Wild and Scenic River during the 1970s, and in the 2020s, they protested against construction of a “glampground” in the area, citing wildfire concerns.
Sources: Vital records in Ancestry.com; information provided by the Whites in their interview; “A Glamping Company Meets Trouble in a Tiny Town in the Columbia River Gorge,” by Rachel Saslow, Willamette Week, December 10, 2024.
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Oral history interview with Dennis A. White and Bonnie L. White
Oral history interview with spouses Dennis A. White and Bonnie L. White, conducted by Clark Hansen in two sessions, on January 11 and May 12, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. The Whites discuss their involvement with the Friends of White Salmon to oppose the construction of dams on the White Salmon River in Washington state, and later to advocate for the river to be designated as a National Wild and Scenic River.