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Flora School
"Flora School - 1973 - May have been taken about the time the school was closed." [Although, at the time the picture was taken in 1973, the U.S. flag was flying above the school, and the building still appeared to be in good shape.]
Oregon, Wilson Lumber Co.
"Moving Wilson Lumber Co. sawmill to Elk Mt. Boiler carried on one truck. O.S. Hamilton perched on top. Another car took the engine. Mill had been SE of Prairie Creek. Abandoned, then bought by Wilson 11-3-17."
Train Wreck, Collision 10
Two locomotives, #2700 and Union Pacific 5-M-L, have suffered a head-on collision.
La Grande Hotel, Sacajawea
"Sacajawea" Hotel, La Grande, Oregon - Opening Day, December 1929" [Probably designated as the official opening day for specials and celebrations as the Sacajawea Hotel actually opened for business about ten months prior on February 18, 1928. It…
Elgin, Street Scene 2
"Street scene in Elgin, Ore. - 1916"
La Grande Church, Methodist
"12. New Methodist Church, La Grande, Ore. - 1914-1915 - Corner of 4th St. and Depot St. looking southwest" The statue with "Temperance" fountain in the right side, foreground of image, was called [Cast] Iron Mary.
Minam Grade Road 1
"Postcard - Old Minam Grade [Road] about 1914. Two carloads of people on an outing." Written on back of photograph: "Bill Rysdam & Grandpa Rysdam & Families & Rasmussens" [Photograph used in "Supplement to History of Union County, No. 3" (page 104).…
Tollgate, Automobile Race 1
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Ford automobile driven by R.P. Rice of Seattle in an auto race between a Ford and a Franklin, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished at Tollgate, 17 miles up the hill. It took 35 min. for the…
Tollgate, Automobile Race 2
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Franklin automobile driven by A.C. Smith [with Tuttle] of Walla Walla in an auto race between a Ford and a Franklin, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished at Tollgate, 17 miles up the hill.…
Tollgate, Automobile Race 3
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Ford automobile, driven by R.P. Rice of Seattle, winning the hill-climbing contest race between it and a Franklin, driven by A.C. Smith of Walla Walla, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished…