"John Patterson at his cabin site in Garden of Eden, 3 1/2 miles south of Troy, Oregon. Showing the place 'before civilization touched it' - circa 1900."
"W. I. Dishman house in Elgin, Oregon - Mar. 31, 1900. Mrs. Dishman and Dan Ruth (Rutch?) [Dan Ruth Dishman, a girl? Dan Ruth or Dan Rutch, a boy?] on porch. Owned from fall of 1905 to fall of 1909 by J.T. Galloway."