Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 201.

EARL L. McNUTT

     Though not an old man in years. Earl L. McNutt, of Eugene, is recognized as
a pioneer in the transportation business in his section of the state, having for
twenty years been engaged in the livery and stage business, and today he is
numbered among the solid and substantial citizens of his locality. He was born
in Garfield county, Nebraska, and is a son of John and Lydia (Merrifield)
McNutt, both of whom are natives of Iowa. They moved to Nebraska about 1870 and
the father took up a homestead near Burwell, of which section of the state he
was a pioneer. They lived there until 1895, when Mr. McNutt sold out and, coming
to Lane county, Oregon, bought eighty acres of land at Walterville, where he has
since been engaged in farming. To him and his wife were born six children: Cora,
deceased; Mrs. Stella Storment, who lives in the state of Washington; Earl L.;
Mrs. Olive Shubert, of Spokane, Washington; Mrs. Ruby Koozer, of Walterville,
Lane county; and John Ira, of Eugene.

     Earl L. McNutt received his educational training in the public schools of
Nebraska and Oregon, after which he went to work in logging camps. Later he
drove a horse-stage up the McKenzie river, and in 1907 he engaged in business on
his own account, buying a livery stable in Eugene, which he ran for a few
months. In the fall of that year he bought an interest in the Bangs Livery
Company which was incorporated by Eli Bangs, John H. West, Judge Barnard and
Earl L. McNutt, Judge Barnard selling his interest in the company a year later.
In 1910 the company erected a fine, two-story, pressed-brick building at the
corner of Eighth and Pearl streets, and increased their equipment until they
owned one hundred and twenty-two horses, all of which were used in the livery
and stage business. About 1911, with the advent of motor vehicles, they began
using motor equipment which by 1915 had displaced the horse, and with which they
continued the business, at that time including the operation of all the stage
lines in Lane county. At one time theirs was the largest, finest and best
equipped livery stable between Portland and San Francisco, but eventually the
company was disbanded and the building is now occupied by the Packard garage.
Mr. McNutt now operates daily motor stages up the McKenzie and Mohawk rivers,
carrying mail, express and freight, and has built up a large and prosperous
business. He also owns ten or twelve trucks, which are used in construction work
and in hauling the fuel from the Booth-Kelly mills at Springfield. He owns one
hundred and forty head of horses used for construction work and has an
eight-hundred-acre farm near Lorane, in Lane county. He has done a good deal of
highway contracting in this state and in 1926 constructed thirty-one miles of
roads.

     In 1907 Mr. McNutt was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda Calloway, who was
born and reared in Lane county, a daughter of John P. and Susan Calloway. Mr.
Calloway crossed the plains, with ox teams, in 1852, his father taking up a
donation claim on Spencer creek, Lane county. Mr. Calloway is still living
there, his wife having died in 1921. To Mr. and Mrs., McNutt have been born two
children, Kathleen and Ronald Earl, both in school. Mr. McNutt is a member of
Eugene Lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M., at Eugene; Al Kader Temple, A. A. 0. N. M.
S., at Portland; Eugene Camp, M. W. A., and Eugene Lodge. L. 0. 0. M. Persistent
and indefatigable industry has characterized his business career and the success
which is now his has been well earned. He is regarded as one of the progressive
and public-spirited citizens of Eugene and is deservedly popular among his
acquaintances.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.