Dave GiHmore Tells Story of 67 Years
5Pent ,n Brookings - Harbor Area
lion, and th a t sh o rten ed the Rnii
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s p rin g s d riv e o v er the m o u n tain team f o
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o C um m ings, w hich w as a high I , n .? h G eneral L and offic
Brookings-I Iarbor Pilot
his 84th b i r t h d l v ^ d 7hM m o s t^ f h ^ i ^ ' * G i,lm ore had ce le b rate d clim b. Mv b ro th e r drove th e at l o rtlan d . F red R udolf w as o u r
T i n RSDAY, F E B . 18, 1954
ing from W illets to C um m ings chief engineer,
T his w eek w e’re v e n . X n ° h ‘S
bc” Sp™ ' j"
a rea sw
tor 11 m onths, <
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for
then
* ™ " ' h«ck to
coast and
w hich follow s: h e re :
P 'lhhsh D ave's sto ry of his life,
spell an d went hack on th e Bell in i t ,.
, l, o s' <' ll° « " ‘I lived
S prings run.
5 e a r " ’»chuck
7 ' UCk riVer
riv er for
for «'»>».
about
Oregon,
F e b I ru w a as
ry horn
11 1 at ^ * K 7 erby,
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H*0” ’ I r ° d R ale‘Kh S co tt packed all h s
a " d m o" ' <1 ,0 B><»kings
I ben I quit and w ent back to , . h '
ra n c h l’S and in th e p lace'rT h n es a? Lone^^R ^°l i Ns Sto-
the
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K erby and I m oved my m o th er 'h e r e I now live. , havp
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R oseburg and Bly u n til I w as 17 road
** tHe Fnd ° f tb e and fa th e r to Jack so n countv
nan
te
is
D
avid
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ilintore
and
w here I w orked on a ranch for a
5e a rs old. In '87 I cam e into C res-
,v .
cent C ity helping old M exican ««.,
Sc,o tt s s to re " as is now y e a r and then went back to w ork S I p d .iu g h ter at E tto rsh u rg . C alif
M artin ez w ith a s trin g of 37 pack I
ed he C olgrove Place.
<n the m ncs. first at th e Hom e- H e r nam e is M yrle F ren ch s i .
m arrie d C laren ce F rench. 1 h a t’,.
m ules he ran for Mr. G asquet
I w orked th a t w in te r on th e sta k e m ine, then the V a u g h te r
IXnc Franklin, O w n er
w f l d C r/ CPnt C i,v W Packed to J one R anch and in th e spring of mine and finally to the H am m ers- lohn c°Hh,' rS' W E G ilintore. and
Jo
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n
Gtllm
ore.
and
a
sister.
Maud
« d K erb y aPPy
A ,th ° US" ■ 0 1 w orked for Jo e McVey, on ley mine. I w orked th e re tw o E B low n, all of E u re k a, and a
P hone 2634
the VVinchuck bridge. W hile th e re Years until it w as sold to Linsex
ba,l a le tte r from th e Idaho and C ain, from the M ojave deesrt ' ’'o lh e i' in H appy C am p. C alif , c Geo. Lostroh, L ocal A g e n t
That fall I cam e back to the
A. (»illmore.
coast and w orked on th e ra ilro ad s ta g e C om pany to com e to U kiah rh e n I w ent to R an d sb u rg w h ere
RiliSn ilfh R,VCr f° r fIobbs W a’l- and drive sta g e for them . I had wo bad a job in a m ine in th e
I
Rill I laisted and N ick T ack w ere my saddle horse in S m ith River Siskiyou and T rin ity ranges
the bosses and I w orked as a pow- ' orners. w ent in to C rescent City cam e out to Redding. C alif.? and
N o lob Too Large
No Job Too Small
out nl°Hkey ’ b,ow ine 'h e stum ps the next day and on into K lam ath ’hen I got sick, sold m y horses
out of th e way. T hen I w ent to ’he next. I had old Indian Billy and w ent back to Rogue riv r
W aldo for a while, com ing back swim my horse at th e K la m a th That w as in 1895. and I m oved
m y folks back to K erby and
to fall sp ru ce for M cDonald in for m e and I w ent on to S w a n ’s
P ( ) P C ,‘? X AT1ONS ' D R iV E W A ' S - FLO O R S
th e V inn ig er cam p but I w as h u rt now called O rick - t h a t night. T h 1 w orked th e re w ith c a ttle for W.
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ORCHES - STEPS
S ID E W A L K S - PA T IO S
th e re so w ent down to the K lam - next day I m ade A rc ata for the
John
Elder,
in
the
Sow
ell
m
ine
night,
and
the
next
th
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Bay-
F o n J i T £ " d fiShed With * *
BACKED BY 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE
F o u n ta in . H e and his boy w ere side and F resh w a ter, to put mv for Ed U lm sted and M cN anerv of
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rêk
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pat <ing m ail from C rescent C ity horse up a t A yer’s L ivery in E u r-
Estimates Cheerfully Given
to Jo h n so n ’s, eig h t m iles below pka. I w as well acq u ain ted w ith
I w as on th e N atio n al F o rest
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' he n ° r ,h
'>f he A yers L afe and N a te and for a y e a r and then I w ent hack
S tam e, and Lizzie, and Rildie, also to Lovelock, N evada, for a y ea r
H e got sick and I took his place Dave K indle th a t the C hinam an and then back to K erby and
fishing th ree nights every week, killed d u rin g the w ar in E u rek a packed to th e m ines for several
f could leave C resc en t C itv and K indle and B alt run th e sto re in years.
Easy Street
Brookings, Ore.
Phone 3272
K erbyvilie w hen I w as a boy.
t hen in 191J-15 I packed for th e
RO to B equa th e nex t m orning. I
F ro m E u re k a I w ent to H ydes
le ft m y horse at Bril B ailey's can-
ville w here I had a pass on the
ta k e m e ° 'd In d ian BHI would
ta k e m e across th e riv e r in his stage. I sold my horse and ou tfit
b o at and I would get a horse from *o a sheep m an and left on the
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n d e to Joh n so n 's. A m an stage. I w ent to B ridgeville and
by th e nam e of H ayes packed the took th e night sta g e to A lder
m ad from T rin id ad to Johnson's. Do nt and from A lder P oint to
I t took him th re e days to m ake H a rris and Bells S prings, for din
1 he round trip. T h ere w ere no ner, then to C um m ings. I m et mv
roads then betw een C rescent C itv boss at B ells S prings and stay ed
and T rinidad, only a horse tra il all night at C um m ings statio n
an d H ayes had to cross the sand drove stag e from C um m ings
spits at L ittle Lagoon. S to n e L a A lder P oint for 16 m onths, then
m y b ro th e r and I ent back ,u
goon and Big Lagoon.
W hen I got th ro u g h th a t fall of ' K erby and brought back 44 head
88 I w ent back to S m ;th R iver of sta g e horses from Jack so n
and went to w ork in th e liv e n county. W e tra ile d th ro u g h C res
stab le for C ooker and Bain. I cent C ity and T rinidad. T here
drove stag e and freig h t team , even w ere tw o boys w ith us. One drove
as fa r n o rth as Lone R anch, eight sta g e from B ridgeville to A lders
m iles above H arbor. Then, in ’89 P oint. His nam e w as C h arlie
Tice.
I hired out to J. W. G ray to drive
B arney P ayne tended stock
team at th e Lone R anch. This w as
w hen th e borax m ine w as ru n No. 4 sta tio n on th e sw ine
Ukiah.
ning. I hauled borax.
V hen th ey finished th e bridg
I h ere w asn 't any road Io Gold
at
A lder P oint the night drive
B each then.
Tom M oore was
packing th e m ail on horseback from B ridgeville ran th ro u g h
J fa rr s ’- G eorge T uby ran th e s ta
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