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OSU Research Forests, Oregon State University, Published 1991. Paperback, iii, 69 leaves; 28 cm; Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #3; illustrated with black-and-white photographic reproductions.
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In Very Good condition. Tan paper covers with black text and a historical black-and-white photographic reproduction on the front cover. Mild spotting to fore edge of front cover and text block; light shelf wear to covers. Binding is sound. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. 1990 oral history interview with Donald and Maxine Dickey conducted by Bob Zybach and Neil Vanderburg at the Green Valley Care Center. Dickey recounts his family's life in the Berry Creek community north of the Soap Creek Valley during the Great Depression era, covering family history, snow storms, Berry Creek neighbors, wildlife, farming and milling, the Airlie community, hop picking, falling and bucking timber, Oregon State College, forest fires and reforestation, the Bennett Brothers Mill, Camp Adair, and rodent control. Appendix A contains a tribute to Donald Dickey by his daughter Patricia Dickey Creelman. Appendix B contains school day memories by Maxine Dickey, recounting her career as a school teacher in Benton and Polk counties. Bob Zybach, Series Editor. Scarce institutional publication.