Title: The History of Lake Creek: Struggles and Perseverance of the Early Settlers. The Lake Creek Historical Society has a booklet for sale. $10.00. If ordered by mail please enclose $3.00 for postage. Sample of Chapters in booklet: Lake Creek get its name, First settlers come to Lake Creek, Ranch life in Lake Creek, The Little…
Lake Creek Roots
November 19, 2014 by
Florence (Grandma on right) and sister Maud c. 1900. The Lake Creek Thumberg homestead that Frederick Thumberg built c 1890 on the Salt Creek Road property. Photo by Victor Thumberg c. 1950 Lake Creek Roots – by Garry Wilson “Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind…
Post Cards For Sale
July 18, 2013 by
POST CARDS FOR SALE The Lake Creek Historical Society has been receiving request that we make up some post cards of the Lake Creek area. This is also a fundraiser for the Lake Creek Historical Society. You will find at the Lake Creek General Store and the Lake Creek Historical Society, 4 versions of cards: Lost Creek Covered Bridge,…
Sixtythree Years Ago
May 10, 2013 by
Harriet and Victor Gardener Believe written in 1979 By Victor E. Gardener Before beginning to tell of this adventure which took place sixty-three years ago I should give a short biography of three people principally involved. The youngest, Everett Dahack, was born circa 1900. I don’t know much about Everett. I was well acquainted…
Proper Resting Place
April 10, 2013 by
PROPER RESTING PLACE By Jenny Randall-Cook, Seattle, WA I started my journey to find my Randles family in my early 20’s when I had moved from Northern Idaho to Seattle, WA. In those days, as many before me have done, I logged many hours looking at reels of film at the National Archives Records Administration. …
RVGS Cemetery Committee
October 28, 2012 by
RVGS Cemetery Committee Lee and Dirk Chuck, Carl & Roger Written by Carl Shauger On Friday, June 1, 2012, I had the privilege to tag along with Chuck Eccleston and Roger Roberts to a cemetery site in the Lake Creek area of Jackson County with their purpose of surveying a cemetery…
My Aunt Allie Tyrrell
September 1, 2012 by
I should explain who I am and how I got to know and love my Aunt Allie ‘Tyrrell’ Farlow and the Lake Creek of the early forties even though I spent less than a year in her home. World War Two was raging across Europe and our nation was swept into the battle. The area…
Camp Latgawa aka Dead Indian Soda Springs
June 13, 2012 by
The ‘Dead Indian Soda Springs’ are an assortment of small mineral springs that feed into Dead Indian Creek near Lake Creek, OR. The springs are rich in sodium carbonate, iron, magnesium, and sodium hydroxide. The Dead Indian Soda Springs were discovered by European settlers around 1871, when a man named John Tyrrell stopped for a…
Glenn Jackson
May 31, 2012 by
Glenn Jackson (1902-1980) Picture Glenn Jackson on his ranch (Cascade Ranches) in Lake Creek. Recognized as one of Oregon’s most influential figures of the twentieth century, Glenn Jackson left his mark through public service and corporate leadership. He was born in Albany, Oregon, on April 27, 1902, to W. L. Jackson, copublisher of the…