Corvallis, OregonOregon Agricultural College Alumni – Part 1 Francis Gerry “Frank” Bolin was born 12 May 1894 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, the son of Francis and Anna Bolin.(1) He was a 1916 graduate of Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, where he served as the Captain of the Wrestling Team.(2) Frank registered […]
Winfield Eckley was the man who owned the two photographs featured in our “Corvallis, Oregon” post. Winfield was born 13 January 1893 in Lagrande, Oregon.[1] He was the son of Edwin Eckley and Harriett Jane “Hattie” Proebstel.[2] He attended Oregon Agricultural College and appeared as a graduate in the school’s 1916 yearbook.[3] When Winfield registered […]