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CLAIRE McGILL LUCE WESTERN HISTORY ROOM

INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY HISTORY INDEX
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A collection of individual and family histories including diaries, journals, personal life stories,
news articles, and genealogical information about residents of Harney County, past and present.

A - D
E - L
M - R
S- Z
​E
Eakin, S.B.- 
  • "A Short Sketch of a Trip Across the Plains, 1866"
Edwards, Glenn C. and family
Edwards, Ralph R.
Eggleston, Marcia
Eilers/Gunther Families
Eki, Frank​
Elliott, Henderson
Elliott, Waltzy
Ereno Family
Eshelby, James “Bud”

F
Fegtly, Mathias N.
Fellows, Jim
Felt, Helen-
  • "Trout Creek School"
  • "Pioneers of Harney County"
  • "My Birthplace, Denio"
  • "My Story"
Fine, Baldwin Frank Myers
Fine, Catherine
Fine, Herald R.-
  • "Growing Up in Hard Times"
Fine, Joe
Fisher, Orville
Fitzgerald, Maurice
  • "Harney County; Its Early Settlement and Development"
Foley Family
Foster, Isaac
Foxworth, Percy E. "Sam"
French, Peter
Frick, Doreen M.- 
  • "Baby Bloomer"
Frisby, David Delbert- 
  • "Memories; An Oral History"
Fry, George Henry & Mary Ann​
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​​G
Gardner, Erle Stanley-
  • “The Case of the Blue Bucket Gold”
Garrett, J.C.
Garrett, John Henry
Geary, Dr. J.W. & Phebe
Geer Family
Gibson Family
Gillham, Charles E.
Glaze, Till
Glenn, Dr. Hugh J.-
  • "Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, The Forgotten Legacy" by Dena James
Goebel, Kate J.-
  • "I Remember; A Memoir of Homesteading Days in Oregon's Wallowa Valley"
Goltra, Elizabeth Julia- 
  • "Journal of Travels Across the Plains, 1853"
Goodman, Austin
Grant, Ralph R.
Grantham, Arthur
Graves, David Samuel
Graves, John E.
Gray, Edward
Griffin, Francis Ernest
Guernsey, Hosea & Margaret
Gunderson, Cliff

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​H
Hagey, George
Haines Family
Haines, Fred
Haines, Marcus
Hall, Fred
Hall, Otho
Hall, Vianna
Hamilton, Bert A. and Pearl (Smyth) family
Hampton, John Jacob and family
  • “Family History”
Hankins Family
Hanley, Alex   
Hanley, Martha
Hanley, Mike
Hanley, William "Bill"
Hardin, James
Harris James O. “Jinks”
Harris, William
Harrison, Dr. Tillson L.
Haskell, Sarah (Broadhead) McClintock "Grandma Haskell"
Hayes, George W
Hayes, Ilda May
Hayes Family
Henderson, Pauline
Herrick, Fred
Heuel, Peter, Rev.
Hibbard, Dr. Llewellyn E.
  • "The Diary of Eugenia Hibbard Skiens; Harney County As I Saw It On A Three Months Trip of Combined Business and Pleasure"
Hickey, Dorothy Dewey- 
  • "Homesteading in Sunset Valley and Dog Mountain"
Hill, Edwin
Hill, Thomas B.
Hill, William T.
Hills Family
Hills, Terry and Merle
Hines, Edward
Hirsch, William
Hixon, Adrietta (Applegate)- 
  • "On to Oregon, A True Story"
Hoagland, Cindy- 
  • "Buckaroo Gal"
Holland, Isaac & Etta
Horning-Hecker, Loie G.- 
  • "Experiences in Fort Rock Valley"
Horton, Arthur
Horton, Dean
Horton, Dr. Horace M.
Hotchkiss Family
Hotchkiss, Mabel
Howard, Bud
Howard, Tom
Howser Family
Hughet Family
Hughet, George- 
  • "Memoirs"
Hull, Jeff
Hurlburt Family
Hurt, William
Husso, Rolf
Huston, Henry Clay- 
  • "Scrapbook; Journal 1856-1869"
Hutchinson, James R.




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I
Iland, Dr. Minnie aka Minnie Catterson
Isaacs, James C.
Iturriaga, Maria​​

J
Jackman, E.R.
Jameson, Grover
Jenkins, John R.
Jenkins, Patty
Jenkins, Thomas E.
Johnson, Alice
Johnson, Billy F.- 
  • "Cowboy Life at the Burro Springs Ranch"
Johnson, William Warren "Broady" and Family
Jones, Charles W

Jones, Denny
Jones, William Lewis "Cougar"

​K
Kado, Joe and Sarah
Keiser, Ruby (Bradley)
Kelly, Harrison
Kenney, L.H. "High Pockets"
Kenney, Samuel M.
Kimball, Ira
King, Edward H
Kirchner Family
Kittredge, William "Bill"
  • Portrait of a Busy Man
  • As Oscar Kittredge Remembers
Kribs, James Lowe
Kueny, Frank
Kueny, Mary (Neal)
  • Follyfarm, Oregon; Analysis of a Dead Town
​Kundert, Mel

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​L
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Ladd, Harold W.
Lampshire, James Joel
Lanfear, Arthur Franz
Leach, John R.- 
  • "Ox Bows and Bare Feet; a Few Facts about John R. Leach"
Leonard, Willard "Bill"
Leasy, Henry W.
Legarza, Domingo Garamendi
Levens, Henry C.
Lewis, Simon
Locher Family/Locher Castle
Lofgren, Jeffrey
Loggan Families
Long, Reub
Louie, Marian
  • History of the Malheur Paiutes as told by Marian Louie
Lowe, Ruth (Omohundro)
Lowe, Walter L
Luce, Claire Isabel (McGill)
Luckey, Eugene E



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