Soap Creek Valley · Place
Peavy Arboretum
Everything the Soap Creek narrators said about Peavy Arboretum: 35 transcript mentions across 11 records, grouped by who was speaking.
arboretum
Coordinate: derived — matched by name against a public place-name list
- Index references (printed indexes)
- 22
- Transcript mentions
- 35
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Provenance
- Coordinates
- 44.65598, -123.23211
- How they were found
- coordinate from OpenStreetMap Nominatim; name match verified
- How far to trust it
- derived — matched by name against a public place-name list
- Accessioned
- From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026
Who speaks of it
- Auto Tour, 1989 p. 3, p. 19, p. 25
- Bessie Murphy p. 14
- Charlie Olson and Mrs. Olson p. 29, p. 30
- Edward Sekermestrovich p. 6, p. 36
- Eugene Glender p. 92, p. 93, p. 99, p. 103
- Marvin Rowley p. 24, p. 25, p. 30, p. 54, p. 108, p. 109, p. 120
- Neil Elton Vanderburg p. 95
- Paul M. Dunn p. 9, p. 45
- Velma Carter Rawie p. 9, p. 10, p. 74
- William A. Davies p. 17, p. 23, p. 37, p. 41, p. 47, p. 70
- Zybach 1999 thesis p. 46, p. 107, p. 129, p. 138
In their words
In 1925, the major project was the construction of a Forestry Club Cabin in Peavy Arboretum, just west of a knoll covered with young Douglas-fir trees.
TOTAL MILEAGE: The mileages listed below use the entrance to Peavy Arboretum as the tour starting point.
Dated statements about this place
- 1923 — The initial effort was the Peavy Arboretum which was established in 1923.
- 1925/1934 — The college got that between 1925 and 1934, but they got it just from other people that had the forest up through there.
- 1925 — In 1925, the major project was the construction of a Forestry Club Cabin in Peavy Arboretum, just west of a knoll covered with young Douglas-fir trees.
- 1925 — Establishment of the State’s forest seedling nursery in the 1920s (McDaniel 1931) and a CCC camp in the 1930s (Thomas 1980) on nearby property provided the trees and manpower necessary to begin planting the new land acquisitions (see Fig. 19; Thomas & Schroeder 1936; Sekermestrovich 1990; Zybach c.1991).
- 1930s — A CCC camp based at Peavy Arboretum constructed benches and tables at the site in the 1930's, but the advent of World War II put an end to further development.
- 1930s — That was another part of the forest, during the 1930s, during the Depression, the CCC had built a camp at Peavy Arboretum.
- 1964 — This was in use until the State Forestry Department moved from Peavy Arboretum to Philomath in 1964.
- 1964 — When the State Forestry Department Office moved from Peavy Arboretum to Philomath in 1964, they moved the building they used as an office with them to Philomath.
- 1980 — In 1980, the Forestry Club Cabin is still the focal point of Club activities at Peavy Arboretum.
- February 1982 — I want to ask you about Colverson’s Peavy Arboretum plan from February 1982.
How to cite this item
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- As printed
- The Zybach Collection, Soap Creek Valley series: Peavy Arboretum (place record).
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- Soap Creek Valley: Peavy Arboretum. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/places/peavy-arboretum/
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