"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  p. 493.  Grant Co.

DR. L. B. TROWBRIDGE

     It is with pleasure that we are called upon to briefly epitomize the
interesting career of the esteemed citizen and early pioneer, whose familiar
name is at the head of this article, since he is by force of right classed among
the leading citizens of this county and one that has wrought with assiduity and
display of sagacity here for the development and progress of the county, and his
efforts have been very potent in bringing good to his fellows as well as
displaying the latent powers of which he is possessed so richly.
     The Doctor was born in Broome county, New York, in 1834, and at the age of
twelve years was taken by his parents to Lee county, Illinois, in which place
the parents made their home until the time of their death.  At the budding age
of eighteen years, L. B. commenced the activeness of life for himself, taking up
the carpenter trade, and utilizing carefully all of his spare time in the study
of medicine.  Seven years later he came to Yreka, California, and there engaged
in mining until the spring of 1862, at which time he came to where Canyon City
now stands.  Here he built the first house in the limits of what is now the
town, the building occupying the site now utilized by the Masonic hall.  For
three years subsequent to this he was occupied in mining and buying and selling
stock.  In 1868 he took up hotel keeping and successfully operated the Western,
a popular house in those days, but the fire of 1870 left him penniless.  With
his accustomed pluck and enterprise, he was soon in business trim again and the
mercantile world was the scene of his activities for four years.  During these
years he was giving his spare time to the medical works that were so dear to
him.  During the years of 1874-6 he was in the Willamette valley and there he
gave himself entirely to the prosecution of these studies.  Following this
period he was in California pursuing the same line of study and in beginning the
practice of medicine.  In 1878 he returned to Salem and there commenced in real
earnest the practice of his profession and it was his to enjoy unbounded
success.  Soon he was in Portland and for fifteen years he practiced there,
gaining a reputation for skill and sagacity in his profession that was very
commendable.  Later he went to Harney and from there again to California, where
he spent four years in practice, returning again to Portland and then in the
last of December, 1898, he came to Canyon City, the scene of his early labors.
A few months later he came to Izee and purchased a farm five miles out and
desired to rest from the more arduous duties of practice.  He is held in high
esteem in his community and is sought after from many homes.  The Doctor is a
man of marked natural ability and his mind is well stored by deep research and
continued study while his experience has been over a vary wide range, while his
travels have given him possibilities for observation and accumulation of
knowledge and skill that have rendered him not only a physician of deep
erudition but have given him a fund of valuable information on a wide range of
topics that is both gratifying and praiseworthy.  Doctor Trowbridge is
interested in the Mammoth copper mine and the Gold Hill mine, all of which are
properties of great promise.  Fraternally he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.