Local Articles
"Summerville Cemetery, Rich in History" ----------------------
$ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
Article text about the
history of the cemetery in Summerville, Oregon
By Trish Yerges, written August 31, 2000
"Emery Oliver Tells What Tombstones Can't" ------------------
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Article text about select
tombstones in Summerville's cemetery, Summerville, Oregon
By Trish Yerges, written
September 3, 2000
Ringing In The School Days--------------------------------------
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Article text about Dry
Creek School, a one room school house in Summerville, Oregon
(Interviews one teacher
and students) by Trish Yerges, written August 17, 2000
Dry Creek School Students Reunite ------------------------------
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Article text about stories
from students who attended Dry Creek School in Summerville, Oregon.
By Trish Yerges, written
September 21, 2000
Bernal Hug's Life Celebrated -------------------------------------
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Article text about the
history and contributions made by early pioneer Bernal Hug Sr.
of Union County, Oregon,
by Trish Yerges, written October 19, 2000
Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of Emery Oliver -------------------------
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Article text about one
of Union County's well known citizens, Emery Oliver, and his
Pearl Harbor survivor's
story, by Trish Yerges, written December 7, 2000
Evans Speaks on County Schools --------------------------------
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Article text reporting
clips of information on Union County's one room schools presented
by local historian and
retired librarian, Jack Evans, by Trish Yerges, written October 18, 2001
Remembering Mother --------------------------------------------
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Article about one of Imbler's
seniors, Bus Hoover, and his memories of his mother,
Lillian Sandoz Hoover,
on the prairies of South Dakota.
Oliver Recalls, "Oregon's Greatest Manhunt" --------------------
$5.00 + $1.50 S/H
Murder of beloved Pendleton Sheriff,
Til Taylor, and account of Oregon's greatest manhunt
that led right to Union County.
3 pages, by Trish Yerges
"Gaertners Good Fortune" ------------------------------------
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Article text about the immigration of Emil and Lena Gaertner from Dresden,
Germany to
Wallowa County, Oregon in 1901. 4 pages, written by Trish Yerges,
August 29, 2002.
"Gaertners Greenwood Dairy" -------------------------------- $5.00
+ $1.50 S/H
Article text about how Emil and Lena Gaertner developed a successful dairy
plant in
La Grande, Oregon in 1921. 4 pages, written by Trish Yerges, September
26, 2002.
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