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Sherman County:
For The Record
Readers of a remarkable twice-yearly historical anthology enjoy local history compiled and written by local people with illustrations and photographs from the Museum collections or the authors. Published since 1983, For The Record brings to life the good times, the hard times, the economy and the entertainment of life in Sherman County. A record of memorial gifts to the Society are printed in this publication.
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For the Record Index
To assist in research like trying to locate specific people, places, or topics, 4 Volumes of Indexes are available from 1983 to 2002 to purchase for $5.00.
Also, an Alphabetical Listing of Articles/Stories by Subject for all Issues is available for $3.00.
#9-1, 1991
- The North Enders, Rufus & Grant by Curtis Tom
- The Moro Colony at Collins Hot Springs by Patty French Moore
- Ruby Petteys & Family by Dorothy Fairchild Francis
- Diary of Ernie & Anna (Powell) Moore Family Vacation
#9-2, 1991
- Elliott-Everett Families by Mary Elliott Everett, Ernest S. Everett & Mary Alice Kirk
- Poem: Harvest Time on the Old John Day
- Robinson-Hockman Families by Mike Hockman & Mollie Robinson McLachlan
- Biggs the Desolate, It’s Drifting Sand by John Cradelbaugh, Portland Oregonian
- Biggs by Carson C. Masiker
- Camp Rufus, Army Legend from a Texas newspaper
- Sherman County Marriages 1906-1912 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#10-1, 1992
- Growing Up in Rufus by Ray Brown
- Growing Up in Rufus by Chet Coats
- Growing Up at Moro by Reatha Sayrs Coats
- Growing Up in Moro by Charles Burnet
- Growing up at Erskine & Moro by Althea Powell Burnet
- An Interview with Ted & Ruby Kelly & Phoebe McKay, Kent by Teresa Reeder Bibby
- Letter from Loy Cochran, on the Rhine, WWI
- Morrisey-Weigand Families by Mike Hockman
- Rich Family by William K. McCoy
- Sherman County Marriages 1913-1921 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#10-2, 1992
- Claude Thompson & Appaloosa Horse Club by Patty French Moore
- Poem by Claude Thompson: The Oregon Pioneers
- Carl Anderson by Forest Peters
- Interview with Paul Alley by Eileen Moreau
- Twelve Tractor Owners 1938 by Patty French Moore
- Growing Up by Eilene Hogue Eslinger
- Growing Up by Charlotte Ruggles Barnett, Grass Valley
- Growing Up at Kent & Rosebush by Willard Barnett, Grass Valley
- Growing Up in Moro by Marguerite Foss Kaseberg
- McDonald-Morrissey-Weigand Families by Mike Hockman
- Sherman County Marriages 1922-1931 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#11-1, Spring 1993
- Coats Family by Chet Coats
- Brock, An Oregon Trail Diary, 1850
- WW II Experiences by Paul Fraser
- John Fields Family by Nellie Dingle Fields as told to Mark Fields
- Sherman County Marriages 1932-1939 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#11-2 Fall 1993
- Tsubota Family by Isami Tsubota as told to Jacque von Borstel & Sherry Kaseberg
- Buether Family, Grass Valley by Frieda Buether Copley & John Buether
- WW II Experiences by Lloyd Henrichs
- Sherman County Marriages, 1940-1946 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#12-1, 1994
- Bliss Clark Family by Bliss Clark, edited by Patty French Moore
- Searcy-Shelton Family by Lena Shelton Searcy & Helen Searcy Ruggles
- WW II Experiences by Malcolm McDermid
- Bighorn Sheep, Deschutes River by Patty French Moore
- Sherman County Marriages 1947-1953 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#12-2, 1994
- School, Sheep & Extension by Helen White Bruckert
- WW II Air Force Experiences by Bob Boynton
- Haynes Family, Kent by Rosaline Waldner Preston
- John Medler Family, Wasco by Elda Macnab & Dora Dumler
- Sherman County Marriages 1954-1959 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#13-1, 1995
- Gordon-Walker Shoot-Out by Anita Kenny Drake
- Shipley Family by L. Earle Shipley
- WW II Army Experiences of Glenn Virtue as told to Patty French Moore
- WW II Seabees by Stuart Macnab
- Siscel Family, Wasco by James T. Siscel
- WW II Navy Experiences by Byron O. “Swede” Stark
- Navy Service by Clarence A. Young
- Sherman County Marriages 1960-1963 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#13-2, 1995
- WW II Pacific by Tom Macnab with Helen Kelly Macnab
- WW II Home Front Memories by Nell Coats Melzer
- WW II Home Front Memories by Dorothy Brown Benson
- WW II Letters by Don & Jacque von Borstel
- WW II Navy Nurse by Owietus Neal McDermid
- Sherman County Marriages 1964-1969 Dorothy Brown Benson
#14-1, 1996
- Naval Adventures, Abandon Ship, WW II Pacific by Dan Kaseberg
- Navy Life: Marcus & Eilene Eslinger, WW II by Eilene Hogue Eslinger
- To Leyte & Back, WW II, Pacific by Chet Coats
- Frank Sayrs’ WW II Letters by Mary von Borstel Sayrs
- Wasco County Marriages of Sherman County People 1859-1889 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat Co., WA Marriages of Sherman County People 1871-1889 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#14-2, 1996
- USAF by Thomas Fraser
- River-Freezing Winters by Anita Kenny Drake
- Hard Winter of 1861-62 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Charley Kandle by Anita Kenny Drake
- 1916 Class Poem, Moro
- WW II Africa by Howard Conlee
- Wasco County Marriages 1889-1903 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat County Marriages 1889-1903 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#15-1, 1997
- Champion-Burton-Handley-Brown by Dorothy Brown Benson
- Sherman Experiment Station by William E. Hall
- WW II, Africa & Europe by Phil O’Meara
- Wasco County Marriages 1904-1920 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat County Marriages 1904-1920 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#15-2, 1997
- William G. Macnab, B-17 WW II, Europe by Teresa K. Flatley
- Gordon Lemley by Teresa Bibby
- Hans Bardenhagen by Teresa Bibby
- Sherman Garage & Wasco by George Moon
- Wasco School Memories by Gladys Morrow Laidlaw
- Con Davis, Tennessee & Oregon by Gary Fields
- Wasco County Marriages 1921-1926 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat County Marriages 1923-1926 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#16-1, 1998
- Sack Sewing by Virgil Herin
- John R. Martin Family by Patty French Moore
- Gladys Morrow Laidlaw’s Singing Career
- Love Family, Love-Wright Shooting by Anita Kenny Drake
- Wasco County Marriages 1927-1932 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat County Marriages 1927-1932 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#16-2, 1998 (incorrectly numbered on some copies)
- Sheriff Charles Wilson by Mark Fields
- Kent’s Flying Farmers by Patty French Moore
- Chisholm by Craig McRae Chisholm
- Jesse & Mary Eaton by Cari Blount
- The Old Eaton Place by Robert W. Huck
- Grandmother and Grandfather Huck by Robert Huck
- Sherman County Picnic from The Dalles Chronicle 1947
- Tenmile Cemetery, Wasco County by Anita Kenny Drake
- Wasco County Marriages 1933-1947 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Klickitat County Marriages 1933-1945 by Dorothy Brown Benson
#17-1, 1999
- Fraser and Six-Horse Hitch by Tom Fraser, Jr.
- George Bourhill in Sherman County by Elsie Bourhill Gregory
- Wright & Belshee by Beverly Martin Skinner
#17-2, 1999
- Surveyor’s Diary, Deschutes Railroad 1909-10 by Edward R. Armstrong
- Wasco County Marriages of Sherman County People 1948-1952 by Anita Kenny Drake
#18-1, 2000
- Charlie Wilson, French Legion of Honor by Mark Fields
- Fraser, WWII by Richard Fraser
- Tanky Bozarth by Gordon Hilderbrand & Mark Fields
- Anna Peetz’ Autograph Album, Erskineville
- Milbra/Erskineville, Erskine by Anita Kenny Drake
- Willie Powell’s Autograph Album
- Sherman County Poets’ Corner
- Sherman County’s Golden Grain by Effie Birks
- I’ll Ne’er Forget Old Wasco Dear by W. Darwin Root
- Soldier and Eternity by Paul Fraser
- 1910 US Census During Railroad Construction by Chris Sanders
- Wasco County Marriages 1953-1961 by Anita Kenny Drake
#18-2, 2000
- Dr. O.J. and Dr. M.M. Goffin by Anita Kenny Drake
- Crash on Leonard’s Bridge 1896 as told by W.S. Grant to Margaret Walker, The Dalles Chronicle
- 1898 Wasco-Sherman Co. Directory
- Buck Hollow & Deschutes River from The Maupin Times 1927
- Wasco Centennial, May 1998 by Elaine Kelley Kalista
#19-1, 2001
- Married Women’s Separate Property Register
- Civil War Veterans in Sherman County by Sherry Kaseberg
- Presbyterian Church in Moro
- History of Frank E. Brown Post #91, American Legion
- Poem: Wild & Woolly Cowboys
- WWI Draft Registration List, 1917
- Bryant Reminiscences by Elva Whealdon Bryant
- William Cullen Bryant Family by Jeffrey W. Bryant
#19-2, 2001
- Student View of Sherman County by Linda Macnab Krafsic
- Linda’s Birthday Book by Linda Macnab Krafsic
- Rufus School Reunion, 2001 by Nell Coats Melzer and Mark Fields
- Hampton by Laura Jean Hampton Hevel
- Memoirs of Albert Jay Price from the Sherman County Journal
- Impressions & Observations of the Journal Man by Fred Lockley
- Newspapers
#20-1, 2002
- Lamborn Family by Betty Lamborn Barber
- Trotter Family by Iva Viola Trotter Lane Manly 1964, Florence Keehn & Freda Gillette
- Poem: A Boy’s Work by Richard Wakefield
- Ralph Eakin by Joan Eakin Jaeger
- Gentry Family by Wilma Gentry Gale
- Sherman County Newspapers by Sherry Kaseberg & Chris Sanders
#20-2, 2002
- Manke Brothers by Cal T. McDermid
- Grace Zevely – Sherman County Schools by Sherry Kaseberg
- von Borstel & Patjens by Marie von Borstel Hattrup
- Poem: A Line Cut Off Forever by Richard Wakefield
#21-1, 2003
- Description of Moro, 1898 in The Moro Leader
- Poem from The Moro Leader 1898: The Little Town of Moro
- Porter & Anderson by Dorothy Porter Smith, Mark Fields, Toni Conley & Forest Peters
- 1910 Sherman Co. Directory compiled by Earline Wasser
- Wasco Fire Department by George Moon
- Poems: Upriver & Petroglyphs by Richard Wakefield
#21-2, 2003
- Rinehart-Klindt by Cal T. McDermid
- Engstrom-Olds by Helen Engstrom Olds
- Helyer by Pat Goodwin Helyer
- Growing Up in Kent by Gordon Durward Helyer
- Norton- Tatum by Carol Norton Putmam & Geraldine Norton Tatum
#22-1, 2004
- Marcy Paull by Mary Lou Dennis
- Hard Times – Starnes and Reese by Penny Higley Eakin
- The Old Blue School by Iva Willard Bishop
- Bryant Letters, Part One by Sherry Kaseberg
- Red Cross Auxiliaries, Part One by Chris Sanders
#22-2, 2004
- Liberty Telephone Company by George & Pat von Borstel
- Van Gilder Family by George W. Howard
- Bryant Letters, Part Two by Sherry Kaseberg
- Red Cross Auxiliaries, Part Two by Chris Sanders
#23-1, 2005
- May, Coffey & Zevely by Sherry Kaseberg, Jean Zevely Anderson, Mary Zevely Fraser, Grace Zevely Busse, Grace Busse Zeamer, Tom May & Eric Knudsen
- Grace Busse & DeMoss Band by Grace M. Zevely Busse
- Albin Balzer’s 1921 RR Section Diary
- John Day River: Porter & Fox by George L. Fox, Jr.
#23-2 Fall 2005
- Stewart Family by Richard Stewart
- Murray Family by Virginia Sammy Murray Reynolds
- Ross, Thompson & Starvation Point by Frances Ross Thompson
- Armsworthy by Peggy Clark
- Woodworth & Locust Grove United Brethren Church by Mark Fields
#24-1 2006 Spring
- Reprint of #1-1
#24-2
#25-1 Summer 2007
- Writing “A Sweetness to the Soul” by Jane Kirkpatrick, Author
- Sherar’s Grade by Donald von Borstel
- Sherar’s Bridge by Bertha Belshe in They Paved the Way
- John Day River Homesteading by Bill Slack
- The Homesteaders by Bee Macnab
- Birds of Sherman County by Kathy Thompson
- Sherman County Bighorn Sheep by Kathy McCullough
- 1920s Courtship of Abbie Mortensen & Carl Melzer
- Joe Weber by Sheila Weber
#25-2 December 2007
- Charley McAllister by Kathy McCullough
- WWII Stories [flying] excerpted from earlier issues
- B-17 Collision WWII by Teresa K. Flatley
- Crop Dusting by Kathy McCullough
- List of Sherman County Pilots by Tom Eakin
- Strong-Watkins by Zachary Blaylock
#26-1 2008
- Flying
- Joe Harvey, Dick Skiles, Patrick J. Sharp, Edward J. Sharp, Donald von Borstel, Keith Christiansen, Don Mobley, Larry Kaseberg, Jane & Jerry Kirkpatrick & Brett Gray
- Short Takes: Frank Green, Gordon Hilderbrand, Daryl Melzer, Nell Melzer, Jerry Barnett, Teresa Fridley, Dave Miller, Orville & Keith Blaylock, Fritz Watkins, Alvin “Laddie” Lash, Brian Lash, Cal Butler, John Shearer & Kathy McCullough.
- Kent’s Flying Farmers by Patty French Moore
- Wind Power by Curly & Vada DeMoss, Nell Melzer, Brian Simantel & Melanie Belshe
#26-2 Winter 2008 – The Rajneesh & Sherman County
- Sherman County is Formed by Patty French Moore
- Sherman County & Rajneeshees on the Muddy Ranch by Julie Reynolds
- A Land of Sheltered Promise, Historical Novel about the Muddy Ranch by Jane Kirkpatrick
- The Big Muddy and Rajneeshees by Antelope Attorney Keith Mobley
- Verne Mobley, Sr., Mayor of Antelope 1979-1980 by Krista Mobley Coelsch
- Margaret Hill, Mayor of Antelope 1981-1982 by Julie Reynolds
- Sandy Macnab, OSU Agricultural Extension Agent by Julie Reynolds
- Sherman County Court by Julie Reynolds
- Rajneesh Impressions: Short Takes by Mary Anne Macnab, Jean McKinney, Sandy Macnab, John Schadewitz, Jerry Lohrey, Sharon Spencer, Kathy McCullough, Keith Mobley, Mike Weedman, Jon Justesen, Cal McDermid, Arlone Stradley, Alan & Judy von Borstel, Dale Padget, Kim Burnet McKinney, Collin Kaseberg, Mike Gutfleisch, Mary Macnab, Sharon Hartley & Leo Coelsch
- Young Life & Washington Family Ranch Camp
- Dan Durow, Wasco County Planner by Kathy McCullough
- The First Murder Trial in Sherman County by Kristin von Borstel
#27-1 2009
- Floods & Freezes by Julie Reynolds
- Hard Winter 1861-1862 by Anita Kenny Drake
- Winter 1884 by Giles French & Charles McAllister
- Columbia River Flood 1894 by Curt Tom & Bliss Clark
- Winter 1915-1916 by Giles French
- Hay Canyon Cloudburst 1916 by The Sherman County Observer
- Thanksgiving Snow Storm 1921 by The Sherman County Observer
- Rain Storm 1923 by The Sherman County Observer
- Hail & Flash Flood 1963 by The Dalles Chronicle & Cathy von Borstel Behm
- Extreme Weather Data
- Mid-Columbia Flood 1996 by The Dalles Reminder & The Dalles Chronicle 1996
#27-2 2009
- 1964 Christmas Flood by Sherman County Journal
- Christmas Flood in Helm Canyon by Doug Reid
- Hay Canyon Flood
- John Day River Bridge Collapse from The Oregonian, Julie Reynolds
- Accidents & Fatalities from The Dalles Chronicle
- Farmers’ Snow Watch by Sandy Macnab, Sherman County Extension Agent
- Biggs & Rufus Short Takes: from Sherman County Journal, Elaine Kelley Kalista & others
- Wasco Electric Cooperative & Rufus Flooding in Northwest Ruralite 1965
- Grass Valley & Kent Short Takes: Sherman County Journal, Carsten von Borstel, Ted von Borstel, The Dalles Chronicle.
- Wasco & Moro Short Takes: Sherman County Journal, Charlie Decker, Linda Macnab Krafsic, John Krafsic, Mary Coats Macnab, Teresa Fridley, Joe Thomas, Tom Coats, Shirley & Orville Blaylock, Gary “Bo” Macnab, Lee Kaseberg, Joan Coles, Helen Macnab, Devyn Shull, Malcolm McKinney, Terry Kaseberg, Penny Eakin, Elaine Melzer Richelderfer, Debbie Melzer Brown, Doris Alley, They Paved the Way by Bertha Belshe and Roadmaster Lloyd Gosson.
- End of the Railroad by John H. Due in The Effects of Railroad Abandonment on Agricultural Areas, A Case Study, Illinois Agricultural Economics 1975
- A Simple Railroad Artifact by Michael McKenzie
- Rainfall & Temperature Records from the Sherman County Journal December 1964.
#28-1 2010 Fires
- Harvest Fires by Don Thompson
- Fire by Sandy Macnab
- Deschutes Canyon Fire 1985 by Ron McDermid
- Fire! By Inez Porter Sargent
- Grass Valley Fires by Shawn Payne
- Flames on Starvation Lane by Jane Kirkpatrick
- Smith Canyon Fire by Terri Earl
- Wasco Fire Department by Cheryl Rhodes
- Day Before Christmas Fire by Eva Miller Bear
- Short Takes by Tom Martin, Joe Harvey, Leo Coelsch, Ken Melzer, Jared Weedman, Sam Miller and Erin Weedman.
#28-2 2010 Horses
- Horse Tails by Doug Reid
- Fraser Belgium Six-Horse Hitch by Tom Fraser, Jr.
- King Fritz, A Legend by Shirley Blaylock
- The Van Gilder Arabians by Dee Van Gilder
- Appaloosa Horses by Donald D. Thompson
- Thompson Horses by Karen Thompson Umemoto
- Horses & Change by Amanda Perisho
- 129 Years of Horses by Sharon Spencer
- Sherman County Fair Queens
- Sherman County Fair by Patty French Moore
- Short Takes by Deanna Padget, Barb Weedman, Arlene Macnab Slattum, Roseanna Hulse, Sharon Coelsch Spencer, Jill Nogle Milton Fletcher, Carol Jacobsen Olmstead, Pete Macnab, Wilma Gentry Gale and Paula King
#29-1 Spring 2011
WW II Military Reflections, Part One by Dewey Thomas with Reine Thomas
WW II Naval Experiences by Charles F. Decker
Yates & O’Meara Families by Margaret O’Meara Stoltenberg & Sherry Kaseberg
Gentry Correction
#29-2 Fall 2011
WW II Military Reflections, Part Two by Dewey Thomas & Reine Thomas
Ray Sink: A Promising Life Comes to Tragic End by Chris Sanders
The Sink Family by Chris Sanders
The Bulls of Oregon by Tom Bull
A Cowboy in the Making by Joe Harvey
Scramble Calves by Joe Harvey
4-H Livestock to Pacific International Livestock Expo by Train by Joe Harvey
An Inscribed Basalt Column by Sherry Kaseberg
Mason Letters 1915 & 1997
1949 Moro Grain Elevator Fire by Joe Harvey
Grandmother Johnson’s Recipes by Kenneth Deibert Johnson
Moro M.E. Church 1924 Ladies Aid Society Recipes by Chris Sanders
Memorial Gifts by Christy Brown
#30-1 Spring 2012
History of Sherman County Newspapers
Memories of a Sherman County Pioneer by J. A. Elder from Sherman County News, 1928
Memories of Easter 1966 by Douglas Rhinehart
Harris Canyon Railroad Water Tower by Jerry Tanquist
Reverend Harvey and Captain Harvey by Joe Harvey
Wasco Railroad Depot by Susan Van Gilder Smith
Pioneer Church Days by Harriet Nish from Sherman County Observer, 1927
Rhinehart History of Coming to Oregon by Doug Rhinehart
Ranch at Grass Valley by Jean Anderson
Tale of a Tail End, Namely a Caboose by Les Brown
Recipes
Memorial Contributions
#30-2 Fall 2012
Making of an Exhibit: Sherman County Journal Exhibit by Sherry Kaseberg
I Found Regina (Lee Gamble) by Nina Rhinehart Fleckenstein
Grass Valley Halloween by Jean Anderson
Grass Valley High School Class of 1942
Red Doors by Nina Rhinehart Fleckenstein
Ted Carlson, WWII in the Merchant Marines by Susan R. Smith
Biggs Arch by Sherry Kaseberg
Serendipity Times Three by Richard L. Stewart
Old Barns in Sherman County photos by Carol MacKenzie
William Raymond by Susan R. Smith
Memorial Contributions
#31-1 Spring 2013
Lt. Commander Gordon D Helyer, U.S. Navy by Pat Helyer
Doc Sanders, Veterinarian by Chris Sanders
Wasco Incorporated, 1898 from the Sherman County Journal, 1951
Wasco 1898 from The Dalles Times-Mountaineer
Grant - Out First Town by Sherry Kaseberg
A Mysterious Death at Grant (John Henry O'Neil) by Mark Fields, Sherry Kaseberg & Chris Sanders
Old Time News: The People's Republic, 1898-1899
Memorial Contributions
#31-2 Fall 2013
Early Pioneer Life Told by Frank Fulton
World War II Veterans Historic Highway by Dick Tobiason
Old Time News: Sherman County Observer, 1917
Sherman County Journal - 100 Years by Frederick K. Cramer
William & Harriet Graham by Sherry Kaseberg
Catholic Churches in Sherman County by Robert Odell
Kent Baptist Church by J. R. Keeney
Miss Nora, Be Studious (Autograph Album of Nora Root Morrow)
Holmes: Down East & Out West by Lauchie McMullin
Memorial Contributions
#32-1 Spring 2014
The Adobe Point Kid, Part One (4 parts) by Harold Brown
History of Wasco School by C.A. Hockett
Zola, a Dream of a Town by Sherry Kaseberg
County Seat: Kenneth, Moro or Wasco? by Sherry Kaseberg
Moro 1898 from The Dalles Times-Mountaineer
Dear Nora (Autograph Album of Nora Root Morrow)
O'Sullivan by Dwight Scheer
Memorial Contributions
#32-2 Fall 2014
Fifty Years Ago: The December 1964 Flood by Kathy McCullough & Julie Reynolds
Slaughterhouse Gulch Project: Reducing Soil Erosion by Sandy Macnab
Short Stories of the 1964 Flood:
Roads, Bridges and the Railroad by Dewey Thomas with Mark Fields
Analysis & Abandonment from Rails to the Mid-Columbia Wheatlands
Sherman County Roads
A Favorite Christmas by Nell Coats Melzer
Girls are More Precious Than Trucks by Nancy Henrichs Simpson
A Watershed Event by Dean Ruggles
Terrible Erosion & Washed Out Bridges by John Hilderbrand with Mark Fields
A Sad Christmas by Roy Fanning
Digging Out and Mopping Up by Larry Kaseberg
Hell, High Water and a Memorable Christmas by Cris Welk
An Emergency Landing by Vada DeMoss
New Bridges Don't Collapse by Sherry Kaseberg
In the Care of Friends by Grace Zevely Busse
Muddy Boots & a Baby Shower by Rex Brown
The Adobe Point Kid, Part Two by Harold Brown
Memorial Contributions
#33-1 Spring 2015
Power & Light on the Farm
Model Sherman County Home from Sherman County Observer, 1916
Onion Syrup, Whiskey & Vaseline with Sugar by Frances Rolfe Mathews
Waterproofing the Kids by Forest Peters
Red Cross Water Safety Program: Part One by Sherry Kaseberg & Chris Sanders
The Adobe Point Kid, Part Three by Harold Brown
Memorial Gifts
#33-2 Fall 2015
Moro Elementary School's 1st & 2nd Grade Tumbling Team, 1950
Growing Up in Grass Valley by Robert Ziegler
Ft. Lewis, New Guinea, Philippines & Japan, WWII by Robert Ziegler
Hotel Sherman, Wasco, OR by Chris Sanders & Mark Fields
Kent Light Plant
James Hartley by Jean Zevely Anderson
The Adobe Point Kid: Part Four by Harold Eugene Brown
Red Cross Water Safety Program, Part Two
Memorial Gifts
#34-1 2016 (only one volume published in 2016)
Charlotte Ruggles Barnett interview by Terri Bibby
John Conroy by Anna Joyce
John & Julia Joyce and Family by Anna Joyce
Roy Powell Hauls Boiler to Railroad Builders by Jean Reckmann
Moro High School Optimist 1920
Henry Barnum on Raising Pigs articles from Sherman County Observer
Building a Grain Elevator at Grass Valley by Robert Ziegler
Stark Realities: The Gym at Kent, Oregon by Mark Watson
Memorial Gifts
Photo of Baseball Team 1904
# 35-1 Spring 2017
Three Ladies from Kent Celebrate 95th Birthdays
Mary Fields interview by Terri Bibby
Anita Hooper by Keith Mobley
Eilene Eslinger by Eilene Eslinger and Leta Ann Reckmann
Patricia French Moore: Ink on Her Hands interview by Amber Tilton and Sherry Kaseberg
My Childhood Memories of Ruby Petteys by Jean Zevely Anderson
Teaching School in Grass Valley by Dorothy Coyle Blagg
The Root Family by Robert F. Root
Miller Island: An Unexpected Chapter (Part One) by Sherry Woods Kaseberg
Memorial Gifts
One Hundred Years Ago...Wasco Auto Show Photos (1917)
#35- 2 Fall 2017
Barnstormers: Let's Put On A Play by Forest Peters
Mattie's Hump & Dinty's Cafe: "Sleep, Eat and Get Gas with Us" by Sherry Kaseberg with Teri Sanderson
History Of The Sherman Seniors, 1967 by Jane Macnab and Lois Kaseberg reprinted from May 30, 1967 "Sherman Hi Times"
Miller Island: An Unexpected Chapter (Part Two) by Sherry Woods Kaseberg
Memorial Gifts and Honorariums
Grass Valley Kindergarten 1954-55 Photo
Moro Grade School 1st & 2nd Grade 1956-57 Photo
#36-1 Spring/Fall 2018 (only one volume published in 2018)
John Day Dam and Sherman County During the Construction Years, Excerpts from Sherman County Journal and Photos of Construction of the Dam compiled by Gladys Wesley
Tracy and Jeanne Bird by Peggy Bird Allen
Interview of Charles and Norma Brown by Cindy Kaseberg Brown
The Dam Days of Wasco by Linda Macnab Krafsic
John Day Dam Dedication September 28, 1968 by Shirley Watkins Blaylock
Living in Sherman County During the 1960s by Nancy Grogan Bailey
Early, Oregon Inundated By John Day Dam Pool by George Fox, Reprinted from Sherman County Journal, February 13, 1969
City Mouse, Country Mouse by Jennifer Macnab
Memorial Gifts and Honorariums
#37-1 Spring/Summer 2019
Fire Destroys Elevator, Farmers Elevator Company Has Large Fire Loss at Moro from Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, January 14, 1927
Kaseberg Cousins: The Journey from Germany to Oregon, An Oregon Trail Story by Augusta Kaseberg Copeland (1864-1946) with additions by Alice Kaseberg and Sherry Woods Kaseberg
Township and Range System
The Morse Family, Mt. Hood Climb, the Columbia Southern Railroad Survey, and a Photograph by Alice Kaseberg
Helen White Bruckert by Sherry Woods Kaseberg
Grass Valley High School Class of 1942 Update by Grace M. Zevely Busse, September 25, 2015
Early Days Recalled by Former County Resident by W. E. Parry, from Sherman County Journal, June 24, 1965
James O. Elrod and Lawrence K. Moore by Gladys Wesley
A Crop Year's Cycle Described by Sherman County Poet Farmer Poem by H. B. Belshee, from Sherman County Observer, February 20, 1925
Memorial Gifts and Honorariums
Photo of Moro Main Street
# 37-2 Fall/Winter 2019
Sherman High School Foreign Exhange Students :
Simo Juhani Raula, 1964-1965 by Simo Raula
Penthip "Penny" Saeheng Chitchumnong, 1965-1966 by Penny Chitchumnong
Paul Patrick Murphy, 1979-1980 by Paul Murphy
Alba Patricis "Patty" Sanchez, 1986-1987 by Deanna Padget
Else Bach Rasmussen, 1994-1995 by Else Rasmussen
Sherman County Courthouse Facility Project History by Ron McDermid
Public Art: Itinerant Sign Painters and Artists by Sherry Kaseberg
Memorial Gifts
#38-1 Spring/Summer 2020
David McCoy’s Descendants in Sherman County: the Macnabs, Scotts, and McCoys by Tom McCoy
Paulen Willard Kaseberg, Farming and Activities by Alice Kaseberg
Larry Kaseberg Soil, Wheat and Connections by Sherry (Woods) Kaseberg
John E. “Curly” DeMoss, Memories of Service, World War II by John E. DeMoss, May 27, 1994
Mac Nish Hall, Army - 17th Cavalery (9th Army) by Mac Hall
Joseph L. Heater, U.S. Navy Motor Machinist by Dorothy Heater
Robert W. Tatum, World War II by Geraldine Tatum
Nellie Grace “Willy” Wilson, WAVE, World War II by Nellie Wilson Meade
Photos of John Kalista and Pete Welk, World War II
Harry W. Young, World War II in Africa by Harry W. Young
Wallace Stark Story by Wallace Stark, December 1985
Samuel Ferdinand “Ferd” Stark, U.S.S. Monaghan disaster, World War II letter by Joseph C. McCrane, Water Tender Second Class
Memorial Gifts
#38-2 Fall/Winter 2020
Wily W. Knighton by Nancy Simpson
Newsletter: Moro High School Alums., May 1, 1969 by Helen Searcy Ruggles
Teaching Agriculture and FFA at Sherman County High School by Marvin Robertson
Sherman High School Class of 1957 from The Sherman Husky, 1957
Class of 1960 by Penny Higley Eakin and Gladys Wesley
Dakisy Mattioli Argalji, AFS Exchange Student From Brazil 1969-1970 by Daisy Mattioli Argalji with additional story by Janet Pinkerton
My Favorite Uncle, Pat Macnab by Sandy Macnab
Photo: Moro 1 st & 2 nd Grades 1953-54
Photo: Moro 5 th Grade 1960-61
Memorial Contributions
#39-1 Spring/Fall 2021
From The Hills of West Cork, Ireland To The Canyons Of Sherman County, Oregon by Patrick E. Mears and Edward O. Mears
Malcolm A. Moody & Moody Island by Sherry Kaseberg
Highways Every Which Way by Chris Sanders
Working On The Maryhill Ferry by John Capaci
Maryhill Ferry by Gladys Wesley
Santa Comes Visiting in Moro, Oregon/Christmas Eve at the Jaeger Home by Joan Jaeger
Memorial Contributions and Honorarium
The Plow
A twice -yearly newsletter informs and educates members on a variety of subjects, including programs, progress, finance, exhibits, museum operation, education, governance and the collections. Members and donors of funding and objects for the collections are recognized in each issue, volunteers and members are recognized for outstanding contributions and performance and, as appropriate, notice of the annual meeting, a financial statement and a calendar of events are published.
A Guide to the Oregon Trails in Sherman County
A Guide to the Oregon Trails in Sherman County (a brochure) is designed for a hands-on visit. Descriptions and a map of the route, with diary quotes, make a tour of the accessible Trail segments an interesting, worthwhile experience.
Oregon Trails, Rails and Roads in Sherman County
Oregon Trails, Rails and Roads in Sherman County is a supplement to the interpretive exhibit of the same name. This brochure designed by Jeanney McArthur won an honorable mention award in the publications and graphic design competition sponsored by the American Association of Museums in 1993. It tells the story of The Tenino Indian Trails, early explorers, Oregon Trail pioneers and the Sherman County settlers using objects from the Museum's collections, photographs, maps, illustrations and hands-on activities. The Exhibit Team comprised Museum volunteers who contributed vast amounts of time, talent and expertise, professional designers and a guest scholar.
Sherman County Resources
A list of resources in and about Sherman County to aid in your research.
#1-1, 1983
#1-2, 1983
#2-1, 1984
#2-2, 1984
#3-1, 1985
#3-2, 1985
#4-1, 1986
#4-2, 1986
#5-1, 1987
#5-2, 1987
#6-1, 1988
#6-2, 1988
#7-1, 1989
#7-2, 1989
Oregon Trail, John Day River Crossing by Alma Jean Tipley
#8-1, 1990
Oregon Trail, John Day River Crossing by Alma Jean Tipley
#8-2, 1990