Puyallup Indians clearing land for railroad on reservation, April 1893. First to make railroads in America. [Work crew, some tribal, with others, clearing land and burning brush.]
Harvey L. McAllister, known as "Pap Hayseed," graduated from OAC in 1897 with a degree in agriculture. He served in the Spanish-American war and then worked as a farmer in Lexington, Oregon. Thomas Edward Palmer was a 1900 graduate of OAC in electrical engineering and served as the leader of the cadet band his senior year.