Rohse: Life in turkey country
More than half a century ago, as Thanksgiving drew near, Yamhill County faced an alarming problem. Rustlers were on the prowl. They were rustling turkeys here in Turkey Land. This rustling drew national ...
Rohse: Birders open eyes to a winged world
My son and his wife are birders. I was not familiar with the term “birder” until they introduced it to me. I looked it up in my dictionary to see if my kids had made it up. My dictionary advises, ...
Rohse: Lend me your ears
Long ago, mankind discovered how handy ears were for hanging ornaments. Earrings, for centuries, have been worn by men, women and children. Earrings are part of our history. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's ...
Rohse: Gyotaku artists put fin to paper
Anglers who catch a prize fish often run for a camera. In the photo, the proud fisherman stands, beaming, with catch in hand — and it becomes a lifetime record of that trophy. But what about fishermen ...
Rohse: Vintage manual is just my type
How sad it is that typewriters — especially the manual variety — are now so little appreciated and esteemed. Typewriters once were important in our business world. By 1909, there were 89 typewriter ...
Rohse: Don't get between me and my recipes
I fear that I am a junkie. My dictionary says a junkie is a person who derives inordinate pleasure from, or who is dependent on, something. My inordinate pleasure is collecting recipes. Rohse Colored ...
Rohse: County seats of Oregon played musical chairs
Oregon counties have sometimes gone to considerable lengths to gain the county seat plum — resulting in some strange happenings. Neighboring Polk County had no civil war, but its county seat had ...
Rohse: Ill feelings festered after county seat vote
Intensive campaigning among Yamhill County towns in the 1887 countywide election to determine the location of the county seat verged on civil war — especially between Lafayette and McMinnville. Rohse ...
Rohse: Trouble brews over site of county seat
Although no fatalities resulted from Yamhill County’s civil war, ill feelings at that time spread like an epidemic — and still may be remembered. This local civil war in no way was related ...
Rohse: History sleuths are on the case
Marjorie Owens is a sleuth. This Sheridan resident is a hunter of lost persons — people almost always dead — such as your great-great-uncle who is said to be buried somewhere in Yamhill County. But ...
Rohse: Aging process full of surprises
Mrs. Armstrong is getting old and no one has told her what to do about it. Even as a young girl, her mother did not sit her down and say, “Although you are now just a little girl, some day you will ...
Rohse: Longing to hear childhood sounds
I’m homesick. I’m homesick for sounds. Nostalgic sounds like those heard on the ranch in Eastern Oregon. Sounds such as roosters crowing at dawn, reminding Mother to open the chicken house ...
Rohse: Waging war on a winged army
For centuries, man has been saying, “Shoo, fly.” Those pesky houseflies have been around about as long as have humans. Where goeth humans, there, too, goeth flies. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's ...
Rohse: Ice trade heated up, then melted
Decades ago, at about this time of year, haying was underway in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. The relentless sun had toasted hillsides to a coppery bronze and the hot summer days went on and on. Ranch ...
Rohse: Dayton claims notable names
Dayton, the little city that collects history, gets much of that history from events and happenings. It gets even more from people — people such as Louis LaBonte (ca. 1790-1860). Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's ...
