The Mitre's Touch Gallery
1414 Adams Avenue
La Grande, Oregon
1-541-963-3477
E-mail: weframe@eoni.com
Proprietors:
Dave & Trish Yerges

Local Articles

Ag Program Honors Union County Farmers -------------------$2.50 + $1.50 S/H
Published June 19, 2003.  Honors paid to Rien deLint and century farmers, includes information on the dedication and unveiling of the Union County Century Farms and Ranches sign made by The Mitre's Touch Gallery of La Grande.

"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" ------------------ $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   Article text about select tombstones in Summerville's cemetery, Summerville, Oregon
   By Trish Yerges, written September 3, 2000

Ringing In The School Days-------------------------------------- $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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 ------------------------------ $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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 ------------------------------------- $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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 ------------------------- $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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 -------------------------------- $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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 -------------------------------------------- $ 5.00 + $1.50 S/H
   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" ------------------------------------  $5.00 + $1.50 S/H
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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