I just finish a family book I have been working on for a number of years. I will have it available to the public this spring 2021. ~ David

Pic: Will Nickell and his horses on ranch Salt Creek Rd. The following are remembrances of William A. Nickell written by his Nephew, Hawthorne Garrison Rebensdorf of Woodlawn, Oregon in 1977…

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…

TALES OF THE SOUTH FORK Water Should Run Downhill This is a first of three stories that Paul Wendt wrote in 1991 of his experiences in Lake Creek…

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…

PROPER RESTING PLACE By Jenny Randall-Cook, Seattle, WA I started my journey to find my Randles family in my early 20s when I had moved from Northern Idaho to Seattle, WA…

Caption: The Forks from Hwy 140. In 1951, I came to the old Zundel place at the forks of the South and North Fork of Little Butte Creek…

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…

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…

Victor Gardener (Vittore E. Giardinieri) (1909-2006) Printed with permission from Christopher Dungey (2012) (www.oregonencyclopedia.org) Victor Gardener was a master instrument maker who had a tremendous impact on players, teachers, and luthiers…