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Ranch life -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Carson Gover

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9678
Abstract

Oral history interview with Carson Gover conducted by Glen Meek in 1979. Gover discusses his life in Eagle Valley, Oregon, and his experiences as a rodeo participant, rancher, freight team driver, and highway crewman.

Dates: 1979

Pioneer women on the high desert

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2650
Abstract

Typescript photocopy first and second drafts of a fictionalized reminiscence of Mabel O. Riisberg's experiences as a homesteader in the Imperial Valley. Riisberg was a waitress from Portland, Oregon, who, along with her older sister, decided to homestead in the high desert country east of Bend, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1914-1920