Soap Creek Valley

Home site

On Map 9 of the 1999 thesis this is plotted as the home site of Lorna Grabe, Charlie Olson, Mrs. Olson .

Plotted central Soap Creek Valley, near the Soap Creek/Tampico Road junction area, north of HINDES.

Who speaks of it

• Auto Tour, 1989 written by Bob Zybach — Auto Tour, 1989 p. 5, p. 7, p. 11, p. 13, p. 19, p. 20, p. 21, p. 23, p. 26, p. 27, p. 29
• Bessie Murphy in #11 Bessie Murphy p. 50
• Charles Hindes and Norman Hindes in #14 Charles and Norman Hindes p. 1, p. 3, p. 5, p. 19, p. 25, p. 26, p. 52
• Charlie Olson and Mrs. Olson in #7 Charlie Olson p. 1, p. 2, p. 17, p. 58, p. 60, p. 83
• Eugene Glender in #9 Eugene Glender p. 1, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 56
• Lorna Grabe in #1 Lorna Grabe p. 7, p. 14
• Marvin Rowley in #15 Marvin Rowley p. 30
• Neil Elton Vanderburg in #8 Neil Vanderburg p. 1, p. 2
• Velma Carter Rawie in #10 Velma Carter Rawie p. 3, p. 5
• Wanda Marcks Cook, Roy Cook, and Evelyn Weigel in #12 Wanda Marcks Cook p. 13, p. 18, p. 24, p. 28, p. 30, p. 32, p. 51, p. 54, p. 55, p. 66, p. 73, p. 74, p. 84
• Zybach 1999 thesis written by Bob Zybach — Zybach 1999 thesis p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7, p. 9, p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 19, p. 20, p. 22, p. 23, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 34, p. 35, p. 36, p. 37, p. 39, p. 40, p. 42, p. 43, p. 44, p. 45, p. 46, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61, p. 62, p. 63, p. 64, p. 65, p. 66, p. 67, p. 68, p. 70, p. 71, p. 72, p. 73, p. 74, p. 76, p. 77, p. 81, p. 83, p. 84, p. 85, p. 87, p. 88, p. 89, p. 90, p. 91, p. 92, p. 93, p. 95, p. 96, p. 97, p. 98, p. 99, p. 100, p. 102, p. 103, p. 105, p. 106, p. 107, p. 108, p. 109, p. 111, p. 112, p. 113, p. 115, p. 116, p. 117, p. 118, p. 119, p. 120, p. 121, p. 122, p. 123, p. 124, p. 125, p. 126, p. 127, p. 130, p. 132, p. 133, p. 134, p. 135, p. 136, p. 137, p. 139, p. 143, p. 144, p. 145, p. 147, p. 148, p. 149, p. 151, p. 154, p. 155, p. 156, p. 157, p. 158, p. 160, p. 161, p. 162, p. 163, p. 164, p. 165, p. 167, p. 168, p. 169, p. 170, p. 171, p. 172, p. 173, p. 174, p. 175, p. 176, p. 177, p. 178, p. 179, p. 180, p. 181, p. 182, p. 183, p. 184, p. 185, p. 186, p. 187, p. 188, p. 190, p. 191, p. 192, p. 193, p. 194, p. 195, p. 196, p. 197, p. 198, p. 199, p. 200, p. 201, p. 202, p. 203, p. 204, p. 205, p. 207, p. 208, p. 209, p. 210, p. 212, p. 213, p. 219, p. 220, p. 230, p. 231, p. 232, p. 234, p. 235, p. 238, p. 246, p. 249, p. 259, p. 263, p. 275, p. 276, p. 291, p. 292, p. 293, p. 294, p. 319

In their words

Quoted character for character from the printed page, with the page it is on.

Dated statements about this place

• 1500 — There is little evidence of forest trees in Soap Creek Valley before 1550 (Nettleton 1956) Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1500 — Introduced diseases decimate North American families and communities Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1539 — Birth of savannah oak to the southwest of Soap Creek Valley Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1550 — At that time, scattered oak trees and groves began growing over a wide portion of The Valley; followed in 50 years by the establishment of several stands of Douglas-fir in Soap Creek headwaters (see Sprague and Hanson 1946). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1550 — Birth of oldest historical Soap Creek Valley oaks Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1600 — No direct evidence exists for conifer in Soap Creek Valley earlier than 1600, yet such trees must have existed there, or very nearby (Kummel et al., 1947; Isaacs 1949). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1602 — It is located near a group of trees dated to 1602 (Starker 1939), a five-foot diameter Douglas-fir measured in 1853 (Elder 1853), and a tree that contained ax marks dating to 1826 (Jackson 1980; Rowley 1997). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1602 — Birth of Soap Creek Valley Douglas-fir to north of Lewisburg Saddle Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1630 — Well, it's supposed to grow an inch every ten years. That's what I think we read somewhere, and it's probably three foot thick, so that's 360 years old. Lorna Grabe · source · Before 1844
• 1788 — American fur traders note metal knives and smallpox to the west Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1788 — Historical themes (subsequent to documented 1788 accounts of smallpox and metal tools along the Oregon Coast, due west of Soap Creek Valley; see Elliott 1928) related to changing forest cover patterns were identified in the research analysis process (see Chapters II and III). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1805 — Lewis and Clark note 20-year old smallpox epidemic to the north Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — The first historical account of the Soap Creek Valley area was provided by the 1826 Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) beaver hunting expedition led by Alexander Roderick McLeod (Douglas 1905; Davies 1961) that passed southward, up the west side of the Willamette Valley. Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — In 1979, Rowley (Jackson 1980; Rowley 1996) described “axe marks” dating to 1826 in a Soap Creek Valley tree near Lewisburg Saddle. Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — Horizontal forest cover patterns of Soap Creek Valley in 1826 are depicted in Map 21. This provides a measure of plant species diversity called “importance” (Kimmins 1987). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — At that time, grizzly bears, whitetail deer, California condors, lamprey eels, and cutthroat trout also inhabited the Soap Creek Valley area on a seasonal basis (Boyd 1986; Jacobs 1945; see Appendices E and H). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — Other local plants used by Kalapuyans in 1826 included tarweed, oak, brackenfern, blackberries, strawberries, hazelnuts, arrowwood, yew, and onions (see Table E.3). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — Soap Creek Valley was largely grassy savannah and prairie at the time of discovery by Europeans. Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — First record of Europeans and domestic animals in the area Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826 — Upper Left. 1826: acorns, berries, camas, firewood, filberts, onions, seeds. Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826-10 — Alexander R. McLeod and David Douglas visited the Soap Creek Valley area in early October, 1826 (Davies 1961; Douglas 1905). Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1826-10-05 — On October 5, 1826, the men camped in a “small circular valley” (Douglas 1905) that may have been Soap Creek Valley. Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1832 — Epidemics kill most Kalapuyans in western Oregon Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1837 — First major cattle drive through Soap Creek Valley Zybach (thesis) · source · Before 1844
• 1840 — This is one of the first areas settled in Benton County, about 1840, before Applegate Trail, before the California Gold Rush, before Oregon Territory. Kevin Sherer · source · Before 1844
• 1846/1858 — The Cook lands of 1910-1925 includes portions of the 1846-1858 pioneer claims of George M. Zybach (editorial) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — The Marcks family farm encompassed much of the 1846 David Carson Donation Land Claim and subsequently became part of Camp Adair during World War II. Zybach (editorial) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — The advent of settlement and subsequent conversion of Soap Creek Valley lands to livestock pasturage in the mid-1840s put an end to Indian burning practices. Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — When the first American emigrants settled in Soap Creek Valley in 1846, Klickitat Indians (who had owned horses for several decades and had associated with white trappers for nearly 40 years) were claiming ownership of the Willamette Valley, having “conquered” the decimated Kalapuyans (Fagan 1885; Minto 1903; Rawie 1994). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — The settlement of Soap Creek Valley by American pioneers in 1846 was quickly followed by establishment of permanent homes, fences, plowed fields, wagon roads, orchards, and the eviction of remaining local Indian families (Longwood 1940). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — Bear and wolves were systematically exterminated from the area through hunting (Fagan 1885; Storm 1941), blacktail deer replaced whitetail deer (Poesch 1961), and orchardgrass, bachelor buttons, and vetch spread outward from the settlers’ lawns and fields (Glender 1994). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — Kalapuyan burning was replaced by mass livestock grazing, and prairies remained largely free of tree seedlings and brush (see Figs. 18 and 24). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1846 — First pioneer settlers in Soap Creek Valley Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1847 — The following year, David D. Davis brought his family to the Soap Creek Valley along the same route. Zybach (Auto Tour) · source · 1845–1859
• 1848 — Last major forest fire in Soap Creek Valley Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1852 — Private land and road surveys are formalized and PLS initiated in The Valley Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1853 — Map 22 shows the original locations of pioneer homes, orchards, fields, and wagon roads—and new property boundaries—that had been established by landowners between 1846 and 1853 (see Maps 2, 5, and 10; Table D.2). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1853 — Note the extent of the conifer forest is about the same as 27 years earlier (Map 21), but virtually all savannah and prairie lands have been converted to fenced crops (to reduce open range livestock damage) and unfenced pasture by local residents. Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1853 — Upper Right. 1853: firewood, grain crops, orchards, pasturage, wood homes. Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859
• 1853 — Table D.2 lists pioneer Soap Creek Valley landowners of 1853, as listed in public land survey records (Hathorn 1854a; 1854b), census rolls (Moore 1947), and local histories (Fagan 1885). Zybach (thesis) · source · 1845–1859

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