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APPENDIX. Rohner Family Photographs
APPENDIX. Rohner Family Photographs of John Jacob & Wilma Rohner — printed pp. 114–122 — recorded September 30, 1990 at Jake Rohner's home, Benton County, Oregon (afternoon). Every printed page has its own permanent link.
Zybach, Bob 1993. John Jacob and Wilma Rohner. Family Farming on Coffin Butte Between World Wars, Benton County, Oregon: 1919-1941. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #05. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 132 pp.
p. 47 = printed page 47 of the original book; the link on each page number is a permanent address you can send to anyone.
Provenance
- Narrator
- John Jacob "Jake" Rohner and Wilma "Willie" Rohner
- Recorded
- September 30, 1990 · Jake Rohner's home, Benton County, Oregon (afternoon)
- Interviewer
- Bob Zybach
- Printed pages
- pp. 114–122
- Accessioned
- From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026
No transcribed text on this printed page.
2 photographs on this printed page. Captions, as printed: “Powderhouse Photograph. Twelve-year old Buddy Rohner stands at the door of this recent addition to the Rohner Farm.” · “Backhoe Photograph. The first new road construction for Camp Adair takes place across the Rohner farm.”
Photograph, as printed: “Coffin Butte Blast Photograph. A distant puff of smoke signals the beginning of Camp Adair quarrying activities along the northern base of Coffin Butte.”
Photograph, as printed: “Coffin Butte Panorama. Within a few months the U.S. Army has completely changed the shape and appearance of Coffin Butte.”
3 photographs on this printed page. Captions, as printed: “Overpass Photograph. A cloverleaf is constructed to connect Coffin Butte to military headquarters by bridging Highway 99 to the east of the Rohner Farm.” · “Camp Adair Photograph. Buddy Rohner stands to the foreground of recent Camp Adair construction to the east of the Rohner Farm.” · “Barracks Photograph. In 1951 the U.S. Army sold surplus buildings to local landowners and other buyers.”
Photograph, as printed: “Rohner Family Photograph. Coffin Butte lies to the northeast in this photograph, taken around 1940. From left to right, family members are (Front Row) Bud, Elsie, and Willie, (Back Row) Jake, Jr., Ralph Weaver, Nellie, Merle Prindel, Sam, Bertha, and Jake, Sr.”
3 photographs on this printed page. Captions, as printed: “Baldy and Prince Photograph. Jake, Sr. and two of his favorite employees. Note the unusual vegetation pattern on Coffin Butte in the background.” · “Father and Calves Photograph. New Brown Swiss arrivals at the Rohner Farm.” · “Rohner Farm Photograph. This view of the Rohner Farm looks southward from the upper slopes of Coffin Butte.”
2 photographs on this printed page. Captions, as printed: “Gold Oak Tree Photograph. An early settler is said to have built a small brick cabin next to this tree. A legend of buried gold also is part of the tree's history.” · “Stellmacher House Photograph. No one knows why the house was moved to this location. It burned in 1942, shortly after the establishment of Camp Adair.”
2 photographs on this printed page. Captions, as printed: “Doc Rohner House Photograph. Marge Dodele Rohner stands in front of the veterinarian's Corvallis home.” · “Widmer Photograph. Jake, Sr. with bachelor orchardist, Arnold Widmer.”
How to cite this item
The first line is the citation as it is printed in the original. Use it when you cite the work itself. Use the second when you cite this page.
- As printed
- Zybach, Bob 1993. John Jacob and Wilma Rohner. Family Farming on Coffin Butte Between World Wars, Benton County, Oregon: 1919-1941. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #05. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 132 pp.
- This page
- Rohner 1993. APPENDIX. Rohner Family Photographs, pp. 114–122. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/m05-rohner/appendix-rohner-family-photographs/ (accessed 2026).
- Cite this passage
- Rohner 1993, p. 114 — Monograph #05:114
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