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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

Part III. Printed session note: "The following transcnpt [transcript] was made from an interview with fake [Jake] and Willie at fake's [Jake's] home, during the afternoon of September 30, 1990. After reviewing the initial transcripts, fake [Jake] and Willie provided written corrections and additions. These com,nents [comments] appear throughout the manuscript enclosed in [brackets] and include the initials of the person that has provided the information." Both narrators present; speakers are marked in the printed text as [JAKE] and [WILMA]. A note "Pause in Recording" appears at p.64.

p. 114

No transcribed text on this printed page.

p. 115

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.”

p. 116

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.”

p. 117

Photograph, as printed: “Coffin Butte Panorama. Within a few months the U.S. Army has completely changed the shape and appearance of Coffin Butte.”

p. 118

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.”

p. 119

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.”

p. 120

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.”

p. 121

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.”

p. 122

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.”

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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).
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Rohner 1993, p. 114 — Monograph #05:114
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