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MARVIN ROWLEY Family History and Management of the OSU Research Forests Benton and Polk Counties, Oregon: 1946–1986 Oral History Interviews by Royal G. Jackson, Jennifer Lee, and Bob Zybach Soap Creek Valley History Project OSU Research Forests Monograph #15

Cover photo: Marvin Rowley standing on McCulloch Peak in McDonald Forest.

Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, Oral History Series Monograph #1: Lorna Grabe. Family History and the Story of the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, Benton County, Oregon. Monograph #2: Paul M. Dunn. Biographical Sketch and Story of the Adair Tract, Benton County, Oregon. Monograph #3: Donald Dickey. Family History and Life on Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon: 1928–1942. Monograph #4: Edward Sekermestrovich. Life at CCC Camp Arboretum, Benton County, Oregon: 1935–1940. Monograph #5: John Jacob & Wilma Rohner. Family Farming on Coffin Butte between World Wars, Benton County, Oregon: 1919–1941. Monograph #6: James Hanish. Biographical Sketch and a Tour of Berry Creek, Benton and Polk Counties, Oregon: 1930–1938. Monograph #7: Charlie Olson. Biographical Sketch and Early History of Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Oregon: 1900–1920. Monograph #8: Neil Vanderburg. Family Farming and Saw Milling on Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon: 1935–1941. Monograph #9: Eugene Glender. Growing up on a Tampico Family Farm, Benton County, Oregon: 1910–1941. Monograph #10: Velma Carter Rawie. A History of the Carter Family and the Town of Wells, Benton County, Oregon: 1845–1941. Monograph #11: Bessie Murphy. Botanizing in Benton County, Oregon: 1900–1991. Monograph #12: Wanda Marcks Cook. The Story of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch, Benton County, Oregon: 1904–1939. Monograph #13: William A. Davies. Biographical Sketch and Management of OSU Research Forests, Benton & Polk Counties, Oregon: 1946–1973. Monograph #14: Charles & Norman Hindes. Family History and Story of the Soap Creek Sawmilling and Logging Camp, Benton County, Oregon: 1928–1931. Monograph #15: Marvin Rowley. Family History and Management of Oregon State University Research Forests, Benton and Polk Counties, Oregon: 1946–1986.

Printed on page i (inside front cover): the standing list of all fifteen monographs in the Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, Oral History Series, transcribed verbatim. Note that the series list gives this volume’s title as "Management of Oregon State University Research Forests" where the cover and title page read "Management of the OSU Research Forests".

Acknowledgments The purpose of this project is to better understand the history of an area that has been managed by the College of Forestry since 1929 when Mary J. L. McDonald began making contributions to obtain land adjacent to the Arboretum for what would become McDonald-Dunn Forest. The Soap Creek Valley History Project is the outgrowth of an oral history project begun in the 1970s by Royal Jackson under the direction of John Beuter. Funding for the Soap Creek Valley History Project is provided by the Oregon State University (OSU) College of Forestry. The Soap Creek Valley History Project was authorized initially in 1989 by Dr. William Atkinson, former Director of the OSU Research Forests. The oral history portion of this project remained under Dr. Atkinson’s direction until January 1994, when it was assigned to Jeffrey Garver, Manager of the OSU Research Forests. In December of that year, responsibility for the oral histories was given to Ann Rogers, Cultural Resources Manager for the OSU Research Forests. The project has since been continued by Deborah Johnson and David Lysne. This publication was produced by the Forestry Communications Group of the College of Forestry. Special thanks go to Tim Hills, of McMenamins, for providing photos of the Multnomah Poor Farm (now McMenamins Edgefield), and to the Troutdale Historical Society for allowing their use. Publication by the OSU College of Forestry does not necessarily imply the endorsement or support of views expressed herein. Cover photo: Marvin Rowley standing on McCulloch Peak in McDonald Forest.

Page vii carries a full-page map headed "Marv Rowley Oral History / Areas of Interest / McDonald-Dunn Forest", with a legend (Historical areas; Historical points; Stream; Historic flume; Historical roads; Forest boundary) and an inset showing the CCC Camp Arboretum, State Nursery and Peavy Arboretum area.

Table of contents Interviews Part I. January 25, 1979......1 Part II. January 31, 1979......16 Part III. February 6, 1979......38 Part IV. February 7, 1979......44 Part V. February 23, 1991......57 Part VI. May 8, 1995......97 Appendices Appendix A. Marv’s Songs, by Marvin L. Rowley, Class of 1950......115 The Fernhopper Legend......115 I Fell a Tree......116 The Song of the Trees......117 The Saga of Mount Saint Helens, or What Really Happened May 18......118 Appendix B. Seventy-five Years with the Oregon State University School of Forestry’s Forestry Clubs......121 Index......127