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Train Wreck, Collision
Aftermath of the collision between Union Pacific Engine #3531 and Caboose #3567.
Summerville Home, 1st Cabin
"The Glenn and Woodward Families cross[ed] the plains from Iowa in 1859. The Tolbert Glenns settled near Summerville where they reared four sons and four daughters. This was the first cabin [in] Summerville, built by "Grandmother" Myers' father -…
Tollgate, c. 1905 1
"Tollgate, Oregon - circa 1900-1910 - View of main buildings and the toll gate for which the area was named." [See: Union County Historical Society, 1961 Annual (page 2) for additional information.]
Maxville, Entertainment 2
"Two boys and a man playing a ukelele stand on top of a Bowman-Hicks #4 Shay locomotive - Maxville, Oregon - 1923"
La Grande, Street Scene 7
"Depot Street scene, looking southwest to intersection with 4th and Spring, La Grande, Oregon - circa 1910. Several people are standing in front of the Commercial Travelers House, Mrs. N.S. Kelley, proprietor. Ladd house in background (just to the…
Mud Flat Home, Bue
"C.K. Bue house and outbuildings in Mud Flat, Wallowa County, Oregon - circa 1912. Bue School District # 55 was 17 miles north of the Wallowa. Enrollment - 8 children attending from families of N.K. Bue and J.P. Cline. The school was considered to be…
Portrait - Brooks Brothers
"Arthur, Sam, and Mark Brooks, dressed in uniforms and posing for a studio portrait with a large dog - about 1890. The boys were from England and were brought to America by their uncle, J.H. Smith of Portland, (Mt. Taber area) Oregon."
Train, Cars & Men 2
"Lee Fine, Fay Coon, Relaford Hayes" stand next to train stock cars in Boatman Meadows, Maxville, Oregon - 1923. One of the cars is loaded with railroad "ties for Union Pacific," and the other car is loaded with "logs for Bowman-Hicks, La Grande…
Art, Horses
[Photocopy of a page from "A Tour of Union County" which was written in 1882 by D.H. Stearns.] Depicts: "Lithographs of Union County Horses - Anvil, owned by M. Sterling - Dead Shot, owned by D.A. McAllister - Sunbeam, owned by Sturgill Bro's. -…
Train Wreck, Collision 10
Two locomotives, #2700 and Union Pacific 5-M-L, have suffered a head-on collision.