Loreen donated her father's photos to the Oregon Historical Society, based in Portland. "The Oregon Historical Society accession numbers for my family's photos are 24896 and 25022. Those photos include a number of good images from the 1914 Oak Point logging operation, Wisconsin Logging and Timber Co. There are good images of persons although no one is individually identified except for my father, Steve Ostrander. The photos include other subjects besides the logging camp, such as a number of pictures taken inside Vanport when we lived there in summer of 1947. Other subjects include the Rose Parade from 1947, the Pendleton Roundup from 1952 and some photos of the Harry Kirbysons."
Benny and Logan Baldridge: Both of David's census records have a family group listed under Ira Baldridge. It includes wife and children of Ira. In 1920, that family group also lists Logan Baldridge, brother (presumeably of Ira). In the 1910 census, Ira's family group also includes Benny, age 12. By 1920, Ben would be of age, which would likely explain why he's not still listed with Ira.
My dad knew both Ben and Logan Baldridge from the logging camp at Oak Point. They are both in his address book. I'd bet my father knew the rest of the Baldridges too, but I don't have any of them in the address book. My dad sent Ben a Christmas card in 1964, address: Winchester Bay, Oregon, no box number or other address. Ben then owned a charter fishing boat out of Winchester Bay, OR. We went down there to see him, waited for the boat to come in and visited with him there on the beach.
It appears my dad saw Logan Baldridge at the logging camp reunions. He has an address for Logan for 1959-1963. It is 7939 S.E. Foster Rd., Portland, OR. I remember my dad talking about Logan Baldridge. I don't remember meeting him myself, although it is likely I did. I can't tell you any more about what he was doing in Portland.
I went to at least some of those reunions with my parents. I graduated from high school in 1961, and college in 1965, when I moved out from home. I don't remember much about those reunions, except that the logging camp was still standing then. We went into some of the cabins. They were just standing open. It looked like they just up and left without taking much with them when they did it. There were still dishes on the tables, papers laying around, stuff like that. You could also see the stumps of some of those huge trees they logged. I doubt any of that is still there, but I haven't been back to look.
I looked for some of my family members in the WWI Draft Cards (on Ancestry.com). My father has a draft card that shows him as a logger living at Oak Point. Date: 6-5-1917. No doubt there are others from that logging camp in those records.
I don't know exactly when my father was at Oak Point. The logging photos he had were all dated 1914 and he was in some of them. He was a high climber - according to him, the first high climber on the Columbia River. I have him in Portland in at least one city directory between 1914 and 1917, so it appears he was in and out of camp. Might be true of others as well. My dad went to WWI from there, then to Alaska after the war. He worked for the Alaska Railroad for 35 years before retiring and moving us to Oregon.
I will look for more names when I can. I will send you any other addresses I find that match the names in the census. I hope this will help someone else.
Harry Kirbyson: He is also in my father's address book from 1959 to 1964. They were friends until my father got too disabled to pursue any friendship. During the address book period, Harry lived at 920 N.E. Davis, Portland, OR. He had a wife and maybe three daughters. I can't at the moment remember his wife's name, but might be able to dredge that name up. My mother visited Mrs. Kirbyson after my father's death in 1971, if I remember correctly. I took her to visit at least once. The Kirbysons owned a candy store in Portland for many years. At one time, the candy store was situated near the approach to the Burnside Bridge. She told us about having their traffic cut off when the bridge was built. They made chocolates for years after they retired and gave them for Christmas presents. They were luscious. Mrs. Kirbyson was the Oak Point camp cook - Wisconsin Logging and Timber, according to my father. I don't know what Harry did there, but I know they were all in camp together."