The Meadowlark Quarterly Newsletter

Crook County Historical Society May 24, 2019 246 North Main Street E-mail [email protected] Prineville, 97754 www.bowmanmuseum.org

Quarterly meeting Sunday June 9, 2019 Crook County History Center 1:00 P.M.

The Spring quarterly meeting for the Crook County Historical Society will be held at the Crook County History Center on Sunday June 9, 2019. The meeting will begin with a potluck dinner at 1:00 P.M. Please bring your own place setting. All members and the general public are welcome to attend. Members please bring a guest. FEATURED PROGRAM Honoring Crook County High School Distinguished Alumni 2019 Recipients Mike McCabe and Daryle Ashcraft

Guest speakers for the quarterly meeting will be Mike McCabe and the son of Daryle Ashcraft, Lee Ashcraft. Mike and Daryle were selected as the 2019 honorees as CCHS Distinguished Alumni. Daryle is being honored posthumously for his military service in the Army and for extended service to his country working for the CIA. He graduated from CCHS in 1951. He passed away on July 25, 2013. His son, Lee, will discuss his father’s life. Mike McCabe is a 1969 graduate of CCHS and a graduate of . He has served as Crook County Commissioner (1992-2008) and Crook County Judge (2008-2016). He is being honored for his lengthy community service. It is an opportunity to learn about two CCHS graduates that have excelled in their life and chosen professions.

Mike McCabe

Crook County Historical Society Page 1 President’s Message

Spring greetings to all! I hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy one of our May at the Museum programs or People From Our Past re-enactments. Maybe you saw our new pop- up exhibit in the community room. Who knew jewelry could be made from human hair? There are many great reasons to bring friends and family to the Bowman Museum. Along with continuing events there are a number of projects on the horizon. With all the activity we have an increased need for volunteers to set up chairs, make popcorn, clean up after an event, or even pull a few weeds or plant a few flowers in the Caboose Park. If you feel you would like to help out, please contact a board member or stop by the museum to fill out a form if you are interested. Thank you for your help and support. To better serve you and keep you informed of Museum activities, we are enclosing a request for your email contact if you would like to share it with us. One future goal is to update our website, offer more information on social media, and alert members to upcoming events. The newsletter could also be sent paperless for those who might like to receive it that way. It’s going to be a fun and exciting summer and I look forward to seeing you at the Museum. Marlise Jay

Director’s Corner WHAT LAZY DAYS ??

Greetings everyone! As the “lazy days” of summer approach, I hope everyone is getting ready for some fun and relaxation. But no “lazy days” for us – as we have a litany of exciting plans and activities: The People From Our Past living history program that we started in February – largely as an experiment – has proven to be very popular and well attended…so, we will now make it a permanent fixture. It is once week (usually on Tuesdays 12:15 – 1:00), and we feature a different character each month. Jon Soliz is portraying Til Glaze in June. Casting call: if anyone likes acting, please feel free to get in touch with me about portraying a character and we’ll make arrangements. It’s great fun! Speaking of acting: this summer at the County Fair, we will feature our first “outdoor theater” production at the Rancher’s Memorial – right under the beautiful new gazebo that was completed earlier this year. The play is called Shootout at Sadie’s Saloon and will be performed by the Ochoco Players. We hope to make this an annual tradition at the Fairgrounds, which will depend on its success…so, let’s pack the house! On the heels of our triumphant art show/fund-raiser last fall, we are now planning a photography show for sometime in August. The photography exhibit will be generated along similar lines – with a percentage of each purchase going to support the Bowman Museum. The images are from ten different photographers and will feature scenes of . Last, but certainly not least, we are rapidly moving forward with transforming the (museum owned) Hans Pharmacy Building into a brand new exhibits center. Designs are being finalized and funding will need to be secured – but what an exciting project this will be! Finally, our collections specialist for the past five years – Sarah Baylinson – has accepted a similar position at the Museum in Bend. We are sorry to lose her, but wish her well. In the meantime, we’ve gotten an excellent response from applicants looking to fill her position, and we’ll be hiring a replacement shortly. Again, have a wonderful summer!

Sandy

Crook County Historical Society Page 2 MEMORIALS SINCE FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Peter Day Stearns Keith Hurner Shorty Harper by Stahancyk/Crawford Family by Shirley McCullough by Jay & Beth Grimes Helen Schnabele Louise Condron Larry Smith and by Steve Lent & Barbara Fontaine Pete Sturza Debbie Smith Paul & Teena Kusche by Helen Schnabele by Jay & Beth Grimes Thomas & Sandra Ellis Jay & Beth Grimes Jerry & Eloise Brummer Dawna Risland Gene & Jacque Wheeler Joyce (Bernard) Pryse by Jay & Beth Grimes Shirley McCullough by Jerry & Eloise Brummer Stahancyk/Crawford Family Shirley McCullough Mary Viles Karen Dehler John & Lynne Breese by Jay & Beth Grimes Gladys Johnston Gary Bedortha A & S. Fickenscher MaryLou Bernard Ken Cagle Larry Sullivan Helen Schnabele by Marie Smith Marvin & Anita Kelso Irene Petersen Barbara Knox Clarice Irene Cox Velda Jones by Shirley McCullough by Stahancyk/Crawford Family Janis Brigham Jerry & Eloise Brummer Arlene Sullivan Craig Woodward Helen Schnabele Rheta Chase by Gordon Gillespie Virginia Boehlke by Class of ‘57 Steve Lent & Barbara Fontaine Don & Dee Berman Bill,Trish, Matt & Marney Smith The Family of Louise Condron Norm Hyatt Jerry & Eloise Brummer Mr. And Mrs. Bob Nearly by Bill Smith, Matt Smith, Casey Snoden & Pat DeBoard Marie Smith Thomas, and the GI Ranch Mary Doyle A.R. Duke Tschantre Dr. Tom Matheson by Snoden & Pat DeBoard Shirley (Hill) Lent by Jay & Beth Grimes Jerry & Eloise Brummer by Steve Lent & Barbara Fontaine Shirley McCullough Jerry & Eloise Brummer Frances Juris Jonathan & Emily Lent by Jay & Beth Grimes Glen Ferguson Allison Lent by The Class of 1957 Paul & Sharon Hess Hugh Quinn Bob Lent by Jay & Beth Grimes Sherla Collins Marie Hill by Steve Lent & Barbara Fontaine Taran, Nancy, Decker & Stege Lent Ruth McKenzie by Jay & Beth Grimes Louise Puckett Pauline Yancey by Snoden & Pat DeBoard by Jerry & Eloise Brummer

WELCOME NEW BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS

Wild West Property Management, LLC BTL Sales, Inc. Prineville Music Studio Les Schwab Warehouse Center, Inc 1914 Advertisement

Crook County Historical Society Page 3 US Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West by Les Joslin $21.99 Paper 128 Pages Bend author Joslin has written a number of books on local history, mostly related to the Forest Service. This is part of the Arcadia Publishing series of photo histories that are very New Books at Museum popular. Through the use of Members Receive 10% Discount numerous photos Joslin traces the pioneer Forest Service An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur & Harney rangers and their ranger Counties stations. It is a nostalgic look at by Western Historical Publishing Company the emergence of early $30.00 Paper 788 Pages stewardship of the national forests and those who managed This classic history was first vast areas of the west. published in a large volume in 1902. It is extremely rare in its Fire Mountains of the West original printing and sells for up by Stephen L. Harris to $500. This is a recent reprint $24.00 Paper 454 Pages that provides an affordable history of the region. It was This is a revised addition to a originally intended to be popular book on mountains of the purchased by subscribers that Cascade Range. It is lavishly provided family information. It illustrated with numerous photos is now an invaluable reference and illustrations. It is a great source source on early pioneers of the book on how the mountains were eastern part of the state. Highly created. It is one of the best recommended for those who introductory volumes on the want to know the history of our geology, history and hazards of each neighboring counties or those wishing to expand their mountain. personal library. This is the newsletter editor’s choice of the quarter.

Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon Courage to Endure by Albert G. Walling by Martin Peterson $29.95 Paper 508 Pages $15.95 Paper 164 Pages

This is also a rare book that was The author chronicles the history originally published in 1884. It is a and everyday life events of early classic history that has been settlers in Oregon’s Yamhill River reprinted in an affordable edition. It Valley between the 1870s and is an early glimpse of the history of 1914. Among the early settlers Western Oregon. Many of the early were a number of Swedish families. settlers to Central Oregon came from It is an interesting revelation of Lane County. This would be a how the land and the people were valued addition to any library on interwoven. It focuses on a Oregon history and is a wonderful relatively small area of the reference book on early settlers. Willamette Valley but is an Highly recommended. interesting narrative of what it was like to settle the region.

Crook County Historical Society Page 4 WELCOME Welcome New Members Spring Historical Tour NEW BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS Kenneth Carlson & Donna Wunsch Mill Creek/McKay Creek Ralph Trasher June 15, 2019 Wild West Property Management, LLC Lori Teeters The Spring historical tour will be visiting sites on Mill Creek BTL Sales, Inc. Jenny Riley & Marc Wilcox and McKay Creek. Stops will include Mill Creek Cemetery, Prineville Music Studio Steven D. Holland Family Cabin Ranger Station, Stein’s Pillar, Wildcat Camp, Harvey Les Schwab Warehouse Center, Inc Susan Caron Gap, A-Y Mill sites on McKay, and Upper McKay School. A Susan Swan & Mary Priest guide book will be available for purchase. This tour was last done in 2012. Steve Lent will be on vacation and the tour Eric Peterson guides will be Jerry Brummer & Casey Kaiser. A twelve Tom Basey passenger van will be available on a first come first serve Nina & Jim Hogue basis. As usual the number of vehicles will be limited to 15. Lalani Radford You must call museum to reserve a place up for the tour. The phone number is 541-447-3715. We will meet at the Pioneer Cabin in Pioneer Park at 8:00 a.m. to begin the tour.

Collections Corner from the Desk of Sarah Baylinson

Over the past four years I have had the privilege to serve the Bowman Museum, community of Prineville and its visitors as the Collections Manager. I’ve had countless opportunities to learn, grow and participate in the retelling of the traditions that make this place special. From the Crooked River Roundup to the fascinating story of the bird hunters and milliners in Oregon it has been a highlight of my time here to be able to interpret the history of this place for the people of Prineville and beyond. Although I have had amazing experiences here, grown both personally and professionally, and met wonderful people, its time for me to take on life’s next adventure. At the time of your reading this I’ll have left my post here at the Bowman Museum, though I’m not headed far. I’ll be just down the road at the High Desert Museum. I want to thank all of you for your unwavering support and pride in this place and your kindness towards me as I got settled here. Your generosity is truly indicative of the Prineville spirit!

Sarah Baylinson’s Farewell

Crook County Historical Society Page 5 Dr. Horace Belknap from Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man (1935) by Fred Lockley

A few days ago I sat down in the Ochoco Inn at Prinevi11e with Dr. H. P. Belknap, pioneer physician of Crook County, and he told me many interesting incidents of the practice of medicine in the Inland Empire before the advent of the telephone, good roads and automobiles. "I was born at Monroe, OR., April 5, 1856," said Dr. Belknap. "My father, Harley Belknap, was born in Ohio in 1832. In 1840 they moved to Iowa. In 1848 my father crossed the plains to the Willamette Valley. Father was 16 years old at the time and came with his father, Jesse Belknap. My mother's maiden name was Thirza Inman. She was born in Tennessee in 1836. She came with her parents across the plains in 1853. They settled at Smithfield, 12 miles west of Eugene. Father and mother were married on June 19, 1855. My father was a carpenter and contractor. In 1863 we moved to Salem. Father helped build Weymouth University and also worked on the old brick mill owned by William S. Ladd and located on North Front Street. Among our early neighbors at Smithfield were the Inmans, Hintons and Zumwa1ts. "There were seven children in our family - five boys and two girls. My brother Harvey Thurston Belknap is a contractor at Los Gatos, Ca1. My brother Sylvester is a druggist at Grants Pass. We always call him Ves. We lived just across the street in Salem from Dr. Horace and Wilda Ketchum Belknap Ben Simpson, and we boys played with his sons, Sylvester, Sam, Willie and Grover. Sam Simpson, as you know, is the author of many beautiful poems, among them, Beautiful Willamette. 'My brother, Sylvester, was named for Sylvester Simpson. My brother Virgil is a practicing physician at Nampa, Idaho. My son Horace P. Jr., is associated with him. My brother Elbert lives at Prairie City, in Grant County. My sister, Grace, now Mrs. Guy Smith, lives at San Jose. Her husband is a fruit grower. My sister Lillie died of diptheria. In 1874 we came to Prinevi11e. Father built the first large school house. Among the old-timers that I remember well in Prinevi11e was Bush Wilson. He was here in the 1870's. His son, E. E. Wilson, graduated at O.S.C. and is president of a bank at Corvallis. I attended the Oregon Institute at Salem three years, and then put in one year at Willamette University. The preparatory department of Willamette was known as the Oregon Institute. Among my schoolmates were Allie Moore of Salem, Frank McCully, who later went to Joseph; ex-Congressman J. N. Williamson, now postmaster here at Prinevi11e, George Peebles, who was later superintendent of schools at Salem, and George Belt, whose son, H. H. Belt, is now a member of the Oregon Supreme Court. "In 1875, when I was 19, I quit school and began riding the range and for eight years was a cowboy. I didn't see that I was getting very far ahead, so in 1883 I quit the range and went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where I put in two years in the medical department and later went to Bellevue, New York City, from which institution I graduated in 1886 at the age of 30. I came back to prineville and began the practice of my profession. On March 5, 1888, I married Miss Wilda Ketchum, who was born in New Brunswick. Our son, Horace P. Jr. graduated at the University of Oregon and served as an intern at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He is now a practicing physician at Nampa, Idaho. He was a surgeon at the base hospital with the Oregon unit in France. He married Gladys Ferguson, an Athena girl, and they have two children. Our son, Dr. Wilfred H. Belknap, is also a graduate of the University of Oregon and also enlisted in the World War but didn't go overseas. He is with

Crook County Historical Society Page 6 Chamberlain & Hendershott in Portland. His wife died and we are raising their little boy, Wilfred Jr., though everyone here calls him “peg." Our son, Dr. Leland B. Belknap, like his brothers, is a graduate of the University of Oregon and was an intern at Good Samaritan Hospital three years. He is located in the Mohawk Building, in Portland. Our other son, Dr. Hobart Belknap, graduated at the University of Oregon and was an intern at the Letterman Hospital, after which he put in two years at the Reed hospital and medical college of Washington, D. C. He served in France, being a first lieutenant. He was a captain when he resigned. He is located in the Medical Building in Portland. "I served as county school superintendent of Crook county two years, and later a term as county treasurer. For some years I served as mayor of Prineville. I also represented Crook County in the legislature in 1907, 1909 and 1911. I have been practicing medicine in this county 43 years and I think I have helped bring into the world about half of the children born in the county during that time. When I first began practice, Dr. Van Gesner was practicing here. He was a younger brother to Lon Gesner, of Salem, a well known surveyor in the Willamette Valley. About 25 years ago Dr. Gesner left here to practice at Arlington so I am now the pioneer physician of Crook County. “It hardly seems possible that conditions have changed as they have since I began practicing. Now, when I have a call to Mitchell, I. can drive there readily in two hours. Forty years ago it was an all day and all night drive. When I started practicing here I occasionally got a call to go to Suplee, 90 miles distant, and other points equally distant. A man would ride hard all day and all night to come and get me. He would change mounts at various ranches he passed and I would also make the drive as fast as my team could go, and I also would change horses two or three times on the trip. In those days I was not summoned unless someone had met with a bad accident or had been in a shooting scrape. In the latter case I usually took the coroner along and frequently the assistant district attorney. No I don't suppose it did add to the cheerfulness of the occasion to answer a call and take the coroner with me, and yet frequently my patient had bled to death by the time I got there. I charged $1 a mile for making these trips, plus my regular fee. I remember making a hard drive to Mitchell, but the man I had been summoned to see -- a man named Amos -- died 10 minutes after I arrived. He had been shot by the city Marshall at a dance. Another man I was summoned to see was George Chamberlain, who had been shot in a dispute over the range, but he was dead when I arrived."

Belknap family home was located at site of the former Hans Pharmacy

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