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08 Neil Vanderburg NEIL VANDERBURG Family Farming and Saw Milling on Berry Creek Benton County, Oregon: 1935-1941 Oral Bistory Interviews by Bob Zybach & Ceorge Wisner Soap Creek Valley history Project OSU Research Forests OSU RESEARCH FORESTS Monograph #8 COLLEGE OF FORESTRY 1994 NEIL VANDERBURG Family Farming and Saw Milling on Berry Creek Benton County, Oregon: 1935-1941 Oral History Interviews by Bob Zybach & George Wisner Soap Creek Valley History Project OSU Research Forests Monograph #8 1994 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Soap Creek Valley History Project was authorized by, and was under the direction of, Dr. William Atkinson, former Director of the OSU Research Forests, from 1989 until 1993. Beginning in 1994, the oral history portion of this project has been under the direction of Jeffery Garver, OSU Research Forests Manager. Funding for the Soap Creek Valley History Project is provided by the OSU College of Forestry. Lisa Buschman, former OSU Research Forests secretary, initially transcribed most of the recorded interviews to computer files and assisted with draft editing, formatting, and indexing. Holly Behm Losli, Tami Torres and Md. Shahidul Islam, OSU Research Forests text editors, completed final formatting and indexing under the direction of Pam Beebee, OSU Research Forests Office Manager. Finally, both the Introduction and Appendix A of this history were written by Neil's daughter, Mary. This project could not have been completed without the help of these people. Cover Photo: Courtesy of Myra Moore Lauridson and the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation. Pictured i the Moore family farm on Soap Creek, taken about 1899 or 1900 by Mrs. Lauridson's father, Samuel H. Moore. Title Page Photo: Edith Vanderburg and her husband, Neil. Rockhounding in Wildhorse, Arizona, February, 1994. Tkth SOAP CREEK VALLEY HISTORY PROJECT The Soap Creek Valley History Project was undertaken by the Oregon State University's Research Forests in 1989 for the purpose of better understanding the history, ecology, and culture of an area that has been impacted by OSU land management practices for nearly seventy years. An important part of the project has been the location and publication of existing recorded oral history interviews with individuals who have had an influence upon the valley's history. New recordings have also been made with significant individuals who have not been previously consulted, as well as "follow-up" interviews with people who have continued to contribute to our understanding of the Soap Creek area. The publication of these interviews as a series of cross-referenced and indexed monographs has been undertaken in an effort to make them available to resource managers, researchers and educators. An additional use is accurate and available references for a planned written history of the area. One of the primary accomplishments of the Soap Creek Valley History Project has been the creation of a computerized concordance ifie, currently on IBM Word Perfect 5.1. This was made possible through the assistance and expertise of Bonnie Humphrey, of the former Homer Museum staff, Lisa Buschman, former secretary for the OSU Research Forests, and Holly Behm Losli and Tanü Torres, text editors for OSU Research Forests. In 1994, the concordance ifie was thoroughly tested and redesigned under the direction of Md. Shahidul Islam, currently the publications editor for this project. His refinement of the concordance file now allows for a more efficient and systematic indexing of the monographs in this series. In addition, the system will now be much easier for students, staff, and others to use, and will provide a better method for cross-referencing other research materials being used in the construction of the scholarly history portion of this project. The Soap Creek Valley history is being assembled from the written and spoken words of the people who made it and lived it. The use of the concordance ifie allows information from the journal entries of botanist David Douglas, the transcribed words of Kalapuyan William Hartless, the memories of pioneer "Grandma" Carter, and the recordings of the Depression- era Berry Creek resident, Neil Vanderburg--a history spanning over a century and a half--to be systematically searched and organized. The index to this monograph is an example of the applied use of the file. Citations should mention both the OSIJ College of Forestry and OSU Research Forests. 1 SOAP CREEK VALLEY MAP \ STATE OF OREGON gene VANDERRIJRG PLACE -'--S ::: Carvdlle SOAP CREEK VALLEY BENTON NOT 10 SCALE Two views of the Vanderburg home in 1937. Notice the maple limb in the upper photo, a portion of a row of bigleaf maples separating the home from Berry Creek Road. These maples were recorded in a 1990 inventory of OSU Research Forests' cultural resources as the "Vanderburg Maples." iv TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION viii Part I. August 8, 1990 Interview 1 Family History 1 California Homestead 8 Land of Milk Nickel Trees 10 Migration to Oregon 11 Berry Creek Farm 12 Snowstorm of 1937-1938 15 Bennett's Mill 1. Coote's Sawmills 18 The Chaffin Place 20 Old-Growth 22 Part II. September 1, 1990 Interview 27 The Hildebrand Fire 27 The Marcks Place 28 The Joe Smith Place 28 The Cox Dairy 33 The Ennis Place 34 The Dodson Place 35 The Mulkey Place 36 The 000 Road 38 Brinidey's Hill 39 The Vanderburg Place 41 White's Place 48 Cooper's Sawmill 51 Bennett's Sawmill 52 0. The Chaffin Place 55 The Gardner Place 57 Part III. January 26, 1991 Interview 63 The Mill Pond Creek 63 Possible Mill Site 66 The CooteCornutt Sawmill #2 79 CooteCornutt Sawmill #1 86 Berry Creek Schoolhouse 94 Sulphur Springs and Charlie White 95 The Oak CreekSulphur Springs Trail 103 The Oak Greek Gate 107 Skunk Creek Road and Oak Creek School 107 iv Z. The Tortora House and Raising Kids 108 Part IV. (I)ctober 11, 1991 Interview 115 Coote and Weinert's Sawmill 115 Bennett's, Cooper's, and Ford's Sawmills 125 Suver 128 The Coote and Weinert Mill Site 129 Appendix A. Vanderburg Genealogy 137 Appendix B. BuckingTimber (I)n The SiIetz In 1943 151 INDEX 153 Shirley Mae Vanderburg and new husband, Fred W. Morris, at Vanderburg home following their marriage on October 17, 1936. Fred recently celebrated his 80th birthday and the couple is approaching their 60th wedding anniversary. V INTRODUCTION Neil Elton Vanderburg A Perspective of Generations Anna's pen captured us well, and I had to laugh.At thirteen years old, her school assignment to write her family history crystalized her memories and yieldedsome interesting insights. What did she say about her grandpa, the "character" of this volume? "My grandpa fits the word unique perfectly. He is a manyou have to love, and he is not at all reticent.I think my grandfather flatters the age of sixty- three because on the inside, I think he is about twelve. Thisman is not afraid to tell a corny joke, and as he retells his stories, you can watch them grow.. Though my grandfather is very wise and smart, it's nice to stillsee the glimmer of a kid at heart in him." This "kid" also has another side. My daughter might characterize her grandpa's childhood as hard. His life facts, some of whichare contained in this book, might lead you to think so, but I don't think Daddy would ever see it that way. During the Great Depression, when meals were scant, and chewingon his small collars pacified the hunger, his heart was satisfied with the love of his family. When his bicyclewas a Sears catalog dream, all of nature was his playground to which he addeda wild imagination and an inquisitive mind. Never have I heard him recall the past with bitternessor regret.It made him what he is, and he is grateful. I also am grateful, because his life flows in mine. Some of my favorite memories of Daddy are when as an early teen I chose often toaccompany him to the fields to help move irrigation pipe or check on the cows. It was in these quiet moments, that Isaw most clearly the gentle and loving heart of this big strongmanIt was he who put me on a first name basis with the Columbine, Lambs Tongue, and Larkspur. He taughtme to see the beauty of fox at play, a hawk in flight, and the changing colors of the sky. The work of farmingwas only an excuse to reap the harvest of hearts. There is no work, there is no life, that is an end to itself. This book isa testament to that truth. For myself nd generations to come, thankyou Daddy for what you have given. Mary Vanderburg Stone July 1994 vm Berry Creek School 8th grade graduating class, 1937. Betty White,ell Vanderburg and Leslie Gardner. Part I. August 8, 1990 Interview Neil Vanderburg, after a grueling interview regarding his fanily's history and his memories of the Berry Creek area during the 1 93 Os. Neil is pictured on August 8, 1990 at the home of Bob Zybach, Corvallis, Oregon. 1. Family History My, both sets of my grandparents, [Elton Don and Dorothy Louise Rose Vanderburg, and William de Ruchie and Nellie Wilson Rose] were quite well to do. My mother's family had servants. And she had never cooked or washed a dish until she got married, so Okay. Let's see. This is Neil Vanderhurg. We're at 530 NW 15th on August 8, and we're talking about his family history. So we start with your mother's family, and they are well to do. Do you know who your great grandparents were on your mother's side? No I don't and it can't beaced because my mother was born in Canada and you can'tace your familyee through Canada unless you are one of the people in there so my daughter [Mary Stone] has not been able to go back.
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