LAKE CREEK CEMETERY aka Peck Family Cemetery aka South Fork Cemetery This picture shows how over grown it was the next picture will show what it looked like after May 12, 2012 when 8 men and one woman spent Saturday morning cleaning it up. In this cemetery it is believed that there are 16…
Victor Gardener/Violin Maker
May 18, 2012 by
Victor Gardener (Vittore E. Giardinieri) (1909-2006) Printed with permission from Christopher Dungey (2012) (www.oregonencyclopedia.org) Victor Gardener (Vittore E. Giardinieri) was a master instrument maker who had a tremendous impact on players, teachers, and luthiers, including one of his most gifted apprentices, Michael Klein. To honor Victor Gardener in 2000,Klein established the Giardinieri Violin Making…
Rader/Stanley Ranch
May 7, 2012 by
Rader-Stanley Ranch “Eagle Point Ranching Tradition” By Susan ‘Stanley’ Kendle Most people have no idea where Rader Hills are located and the significance they might hold. If you follow the signs on Hwy 140 to the VA Cemetery, you will first turn north on Riley Road located southeast of Eagle Point. As you travel, passing…
My Memories of Mom and Dad!
March 30, 2012 by
My Memories of Mom and Dad! By Bonnie ‘Millard’ Nutter I have so many fond memories of my Mom and Dad. (Arlin and Garrel Millard. Dad was the grocery shopper in the family. He loved to shop for bargains. I loved to go with him. We would go to the Big Y. I…
Memories of Lake Creek by Kenny Millard
March 30, 2012 by
By Kenny Millard (2006) Provided by:Sister Hazel ‘Millard’ Siebrecht Barn picture taken 2009 for LCHS 2010 calendar. Our two oldest grandsons are now driving and it scares the “@#! %*%#@” out of me, because I was such a calm and collected driver, I wish they would drive more like I did. We drove up to…
Post Office 1886-1959
March 28, 2012 by
LAKE CREEK POSTOFFICE In the beginning the post office in Lake Creek the town was two words. In 1894 for some reason it was changed to one word Lakecreek. Brian Zablochy in 2007 was doing research for his collage paper and sent a letter to the state to have it changed back to two words. So it is now two…
Lake Creek Store and Post Office
March 28, 2012 by
Lake Creek Store and Post office There was an article in the Upper Rogue Independent on November 17, 1981, written by Helen Barrow. With her permission it was reprinted in the Spring and Winter 1997 Lake Creek Letter (two issues). I am using only a few excerpts from the article here, as it is way too…
Lake Creek School 1914
March 2, 2012 by
Lake Creek School 1914 Photo donated by:Mary Ann ‘Gardener” Owen. Left to Right: Verne Meyer, George Klingle, Mary Cole, Jimmie McCallister, Beatrice Gardener, Simon McCallister, (in front) Norma Klingle, Henry Meyer, Roy Burleson, Blanche Burleson, Frank Klingle, Emmett Klingle, Loren Culbertson, Ben Gardener, Elizabeth Edler , Rosalia Gardener, Viola McCallister and teacher Mr. Good.
Tablecloth Mystery
February 25, 2012 by
Mystery Tablecloth A tablecloth found in a local home provided an intriguing mystery. Thanks for some good detective work the mystery of the tablecloth ant its more then 255 signatures has been pretty well solved. One of the people who did the most research-and had the most success finding answers-was Maxine ‘Walch’ Peile, descendant of…
