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Soap Creek Valley oral history series

Historic Soap Creek Valley Auto Tour

Explore the valley through eleven stops in Bob Zybach’s 1989 tour.

Zybach, Bob 1989.  Historic Soap Creek Valley Auto Tour.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 32 pp.

From Berry Creek to the Old-Growth Trail, the tour connects places with stories of trapping, settlement, farming and forestry. Choose a numbered stop to see the original illustrated pages and read its account.

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Locations are approximate. Mileage is cumulative from the Peavy Arboretum entrance along the 1989 route; it is historical information, not current driving or access advice.

Basemap: USGS The National Map. Pan and zoom with the mouse or the + / − controls; select a marker for its name and a link.

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  1. BERRY CREEK [Trappers] 12.2 miles · printed page 7
  2. SMITH PEAK [Trails] 13.3 miles · printed page 9
  3. COFFIN BUTTE [Pioneers] 15.1 miles · printed page 11
  4. SOAP CREEK [Settlers] 15.5 miles · printed page 13
  5. TAMPICO [Towns] 16.1 miles · printed page 15
  6. ELEPHANT TOOTH [Early People] 16.7 miles · printed page 19
  7. BEEF BARNS [Agriculture] 17.3 miles · printed page 21
  8. SOAP CREEK SCHOOL [Education] 19.0 miles · printed page 23
  9. SULPHUR SPRINGS [Recreation] 21.3 miles · printed page 25
  10. LEWISBURG SADDLE [Logging] 22.4 miles · printed page 27
  11. OLD-GROWTH TRAIL [Ecology] 22.7 miles · printed page 29
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The complete historical text, acknowledgments, map credits and both mileage routes remain in the original booklet. The numbered map connects those stops with the Library’s place and interview records.

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