"Looking Glass Lake [later named Langdon Lake] was formed at the summit of the Blue Mountains [Tollgate area] in 1922 when a group of citizens purchased the property for a resort area. Boating, bathing and just enjoying the new lake were a primary…
"Wallowa Lake" Written on back of photograph: "Henderson" - no significance given. Information included with photograph: "The fame of Wallowa Lake spread rapidly upon its discovery by the white man. In the beginning it was primitive, but as the idea…
Ed Puckett is standing next to a "cold deck." [Log storage pile that is necessary when sawing is not immediately performed. This helps to keep the wood from shrinking or cracking and also helps prevents fungi and infestations.] Behind him from left…
"Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. Shay #1 in Boatman Meadows, [Maxville, Oregon] - 1924. Red Wilson, fireman, is standing in the cab. Hercial Jones [not pictured] was the engineer."