by Deborah Lobey | Jan 15, 2024 | Posts
During the 1850’s stage service began operating in western Oregon, with weekly service to Eugene. As pioneer settlers and industries grew in the Siuslaw Valley, so did the need and desire for transportation. In time, the stage line from Eugene to Mapleton and lower...
by Deborah Lobey | Nov 19, 2023 | Posts
Once treasured family remembrances and pictures are often donated and accepted to become part of the Pioneer Museum’s collection. The museum makes every effort to continue honoring and celebrating each item’s historical significance to the area. One such item was a...
by Deborah Lobey | Oct 31, 2023 | Posts
“I was working at the A.W. Hurd store at the time and remember the date as November, 1906.Other reports give 1905 as the time of the wreck”. Warner C. Waite, 1883 – 1975 November marks the anniversary (about 118 years) of when a schooner, the Bella became...
by Deborah Lobey | Oct 25, 2023 | Oral History - Stories, Posts
There was so much work back then that you could quit one job in the morning and have another lined up the same day and go to work. One can’t speak of the history of Florence without including the logging industry’s significant role in the heritage of the Siuslaw...
by Deborah Lobey | Oct 16, 2023 | Posts
“. . . passenger traffic made the route a paying one from the first day that a passenger coach was attached to the work train, and it is now necessary to carry two passenger coaches and a baggage car to accommodate the people wanting to travel that line.” The...
by Deborah Lobey | Sep 28, 2023 | Posts
The 4-H Fairs were always held in July (the hottest month of the year).”The only respite was to keep one’s feet in cold buckets of ice water!” I looked forward to sitting with Joy McCourt for this Oral History interview with much anticipation. I was...
