“A wild, and woolly, rollicking mining camp is the best way I can describe Canyon City, when I first came here. “The men could throw a ball in the...

“A wild, and woolly, rollicking mining camp is the best way I can describe Canyon City, when I first came here. “The men could throw a ball in the...
What do you get when you combine good food, family, friends, laughter, music and entertainment? A pleasant old-fashioned Sunday feast! That’s...
“January 4, 1883. I take my pen in hand with much pleasure tonight to scratch you a few words,” began Ella Oblinger’s letter to her grandparents and...
What is it about Christmas? Be it 2009 or 1889, people who celebrate it always find a way to recognize this holiday. Whether it be cattlemen stuck...
“I’ve known of Chinese cooks, out on the big ranches in Eastern Oregon, that, when full of hop or bad whiskey, would chase everybody with a big...
“I have just bought fifty-seven pounds of apples to make jelly for the winter; they were two and a half cents a pound,” wrote Mrs. E.M.H. of Lake...
“Venison used to be sold over the block here, just like beef.... “Mrs. Dan (Diudonne) Lajeunesse ran the Thomas Hotel for a time [1900]; she had...
“The Fourth of July will remind an American of his home wherever he may be or however far he may be separated from it." “Early in the morning we...
They were paid $20-$30 a month and were called names like Belly-cheater, Cooky, Coosie, Beef-trust, Dog face, Dutch, Beans, Punk, Grease-pot and...
Imagine yourself sitting in a restaurant somewhere in the Old West. You order oatmeal, biscuits and chocolate for breakfast. Nope—not a candy bar....
Sop, lick, sinkers and whistle berries. Those all sound tasty, don’t they? Pioneers often ate these and other delicacies along the trails heading...
“Chris lifted the food box down from the front of our wagon, while Carrie built a fire in the Russian iron camp stove. “Mother peeled potatoes and...