Oral History:
Interview#: OH021
Interviewee:John Chris (Jack) Bowden
Interviewer: Barbara Ditman
Date: 12/04/2010
Location: Crystal Terrace Rest Home
Length: 1:06:37
Subjects: Railroad Logging in Klamath County
| Time Index | Topic |
| 0:00 - 9:37 | Introduction. |
| 9:38 - 16:18 | Work history with the Southern Pacific Company. |
| 16:29 - 25:18 | Work history with the Modoc Line. |
| 21:04 - 25:18 | Transition from pre-World War 1 steam technology to post-War technology; transition from rail to trucks for logging. |
| 0:00 - 5:00 (File 2) | Klamath County's exportation of lumber for crates and construction |
| 5:01 - 6:33 | Brief history of Gilchrist Timber Company. |
| 6:34 - 11:37 | The relationship between The Great Northern Railroad and Weyerhaeuser; Fraudulent attempts to acquire public timber land in Oregon; The Michigan Case in 1906. |
| 11:38 - 13:03 | The effects of railroads on Klamath Falls and Klamath County. |
| 13:04 - 19:20 | The purchasing of Native American reservation land. |
| 19:21 - 21:35 | The decline of logging and railroad towns; The decline of transportation of freight by rail. |
| 21:37 - 23:16 | The change role of passenger trains from the 1950s to present. |
| 23:17 - 24:28 | The implementation of trucks in transportation. |
| 24:29 - 26:16 | Jack, Marlene, and Scott Gavin's exploration of logging roads. |
| 26:17 - 27:48 | Jack's collection of logging charters and railroad company records. |
| 27:49 - 38:27 | Assorted stories. |
Transcript
Audio recording
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