Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 536.

J. E. PLOG

Among those who have done their share in maintaining the reputation of the Hood
River valley as a superior fruit growing section, stands J.E. Plog, who is
widely known as a practical and successful orchardist, his well improved farm
lying about six miles south of Hood River. He was born in Monona county, Iowa,
on the 17th day of August, 1892, and is a son of Louis and Henrietta (Rugge)
Plog, both of whom were natives of Germany, the mother coming to this country in
1890. Louis Plog emigrated to the United States in 1882 and located first in
Chicago, but later moved to Nebraska, where for six years he was engaged in the
sheep business. Then, selling out there, he went to Iowa, buying a farm in
Monona county, and there he devoted his efforts to agricultural pursuits,
raising corn and hogs principally, until 1902, when he sold his interests there
and came to the Hood River valley, in which he bought ninety acres of land,
about five and a half miles south of Hood River. Thirty-five acres of the land
was cleared and twenty-five acres was in orchard. He cleared and planted more of
the land to fruit, developing the place into a valuable farm, and lived there to
the time of his death, which occurred in 1921. He is survived by his widow, who
still lives on the home place. They became the parents of six children, namely:
J. E.; Walter, who enlisted for service in the World war and died in camp; Mrs.
Olga Hague, who lives in San Diego, California; Edna, who graduated from the
Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis, and is now teaching school; Harry J.
and Louis, Jr., who now own and live on the home place.

E. Plog received his educational training in the public schools of Iowa and hood
River, and remained at home until his marriage, in 1919, when he leased the home
farm for about two years. He then bought thirty-four and a half acres of land, a
part of the old Peter Neal donation claim, six miles south of Hood River, and he
now has twenty-six acres in fruit, eighteen acres being in apples, six acres in
pears and two acres in cherries, all of which are in full bearing, and comprise
one of the best orchards in this section of the valley. He has a very attractive
and comfortable home, commanding a fine view of the Hood River valley, and he
maintains his place in the very best condition, being thorough and painstaking
in his methods.

In 1919 Mr. Plog was united in marriage to Miss Lempi Annala, who was born in
North Dakota and is a daughter of J. J. and Elizabeth Annala, both of whom were
born in Finland and are now living on a farm in the Hood River valley. Mr. and
Mrs. Plog are the parents of a daughter, Marybeth, born November 30, 1920, and
now in school. Mr. Plog is a director of the Hood River Apple Growers
Association and a director of the East Fork irrigation district. He has shown an
effective interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the farmers of the
valley and is numbered among its solid and dependable citizens, while, socially,
he is extremely popular throughout the locality in which he lives.

 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.