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Oral history interview with John R. Leach [Sound Recording 01]
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- 1968-02-22 (Creation)
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Audiotape reel; 01:05:20
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John Roy Leach was born in Weston, Oregon, in 1882. He graduated from Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University, in 1906. He was a Portland pharmacist and founder of the Southeast Portland chapter of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1913, he and Lilla Lydia Ann Irvin were married. In 1931, the Leaches purchased a five-acre tract at the foot of Mt. Scott and transformed the land into a botanical garden. John Leach died in 1972.
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Reel 1. This oral history interview with John R. Leach was conducted by Jean S. Whitford from February 22-23, 1968. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the first interview session, conducted on February 22, 1968, Leach discusses his wife, Lilla Leach. He tells stories from his recently published autobiography, “Oxbows and Bare Feet”, including his remembrances of Sam Warfield, known as "Uncle Sam", Lorenzo Chapman, Joe Meeks, and others in the Lexington, Oregon, area. He also discusses the history of the Leach family and their journey west to Oregon.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of John R. Leach. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/.
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- eng
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- Whitford, Jean S. (Jean Shirley), 1922-2014 (Contributor)