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Saga of Spruce Street Told by Tom Dickson at 1030 Willow Street
Ninety two year old Tom Dickson recalls a life of work and migration from 1888 across Kansas Missouri and Oregon to settle in Ellensburg and Coos Bay. He and his wife Leoni celebrate 68 years of marriage and five generations in a country they praise while recounting travels with wagon trains, encounters with settlers and Indians, and the story behind their family homestead on Spruce Street.
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Tom Dickson
Willow Street
Spruce Street
Leonie