Wimer Ranch todayJud,This Wimer, George Washington Wimer, apparently moved to Central Point to live out his final years. His Obit said he was mainly e...

The dam storyNaw. It’s a universal reoccurring theme wherever you have a population eagerly seeking new opportunities. A frontier is awash with sincer...

The dam story> were the villains simply abnormally skilled? Yes. The honcho villain, W.A. Laidlaw, pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars (1906 ...

Wimer Ranch todayExactly Kent - where the left handed surveyor using a right handed mouse operating the custom pen on the snipping tool scribbled rudi...

The dam storyIn 1913, the State, at the request of hundreds of settlers who had bought land from an irrigation company that could not deliver water (t...

Wimer Ranch todayIndeed. Bull Flat, where letters and dreams come to die (more on that later).Edit - but at least letters and dreams had a killer view...

Wimer Ranch todayPhoto KeyPhoto 1- Remains of the Tumalo Post OfficePhoto 2 - the ranch house was to the right of the truck, in the pinesPhoto 3- fain...

Jim that is downright ingenious. Handle grips, 0.01 increments, plumb bob point. At night when they slept, that’s what my lath dreamed of becoming.

Discontinue use of TWO LATH if any of the following occurs:ItchingVertigoDizzinessTingling in the extremitiesSlurred speechTempoary blindnessProfuse s...

Nicely explained R.J. We always referred to them as Outriggers or Training Wheels, but things are different here south of the 45th parallel. When runn...

Jerry, I don't know if this fits the criteria, but here's a thread from January 2012 for you [msg]117187[/msg]

Looks like John is shopping for floral arrangements to take to Tom Doniphon’s funeral in Shinbone.

Scott - Given recent developments, I wouldn't touch that last photo with a ten foot shovel!