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Union Grade School, Reedsport. Probably 4th grade. Back of photograph reads:

Bert
Row 1
Norman Halliday, Andrew Cardwell, Norma Haggith, Sally Chapen, Nana Smiley, Dorothy Schram, Joan, Nancy, Louis Waggoner, Dennis Pitman

Row 2
Walter…

Aerial view of Reedsport above 4th Street looking north towards the Burdick Building, Rainbow Tavern, Umpqua River Bridge, mill with wigwam burner, and Bolon Island.

Interior view of vacant cafeteria. Back of photograph reads, "Pioneer School cafeteria, 1940s." Reedsport.

A large group of well-dressed men, women, and children posing on the porch of the Scottsburg Hotel.

The first store in Reedsport, located on the banks of Scholfield (Schofield) Creek.

Early Scottsburg store. Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco, and Lunch Room.

Bert Bartow joined the US Army in 1942.

The small town of Booth, now gone, was located on the east side of Siltcoos Lake north of Reedsport from 1933 to 1945. A general store and several houses grew up around a mill. Jean Harris's description reads, "Little mill town on Siltcoos Lake. …

"Wounded includes 17 Oregon men." Bert Bartow served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was wounded in action in Pisa, Italy.

Reedsport grade school, also called Pioneer School, was built where the current Price N Pride is located.

Certificate from the President of the United States of America.

Christmas card from Judge H. M. McCabe. Card reads, "Merry Christmas and a happy new year. - Mac"

Back of photograph reads "Walter Walker, Alured Walker, Dave McClay - father of Margie and Charlie." Alured spelled "Alurd" in other sources.

Arrival in Reedsport in 1948

Sulphur Springs School, 1926

Alurd Walker and Burt Bartow, 1930s

Civilian Conservation Corps - Camp Walker, Company #981

Students at school on Scholfield (Schofield) Creek. Front row, left to right: Juanita Heavoner, Addie Keith, Grace Walker, Barbara Chamberlain, Jennie Walker, Lila Winters, Doan Chamberlain, Aletha Howe, Lloyd Brulgar, Rachel Balderree, Francis…