m a r k e r i c k s o n p a i n t i n g s Frank Severin Erickson Ernest Julius Erickson Andrew Anders Sebran Erickson American Expeditionary Force 1918 - 1919 Out West & North Dakota
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This photograph shows my grandfather, Frank G. S., and his older brother, Ernest Julius Erickson, serving as deputies for the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. Frank G. S. Erickson - The Shootist Photograph 1917 Operating out of La Grande and Weatherby, Oregon, railroad deputies specialized in securing tracks, bridges, tunnels, property, and freight. Their deployment began in early 1917, just before the United States entered World War I, during a precarious time when the nation feared sabotage of its vital railway network. Ernest Julius Erickson's 1917 "The Oregon Diary” - From the Dakotas to Out West - January 22nd through October 3rd, 1917 |
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