MI 150462

Scholenburger ranch
In the early 1870 1 s, my grandfather; William R. Wright, and family, settled on the north side of Klamath River near the mouth of Dry Creek. I believe that Wright was the first to live there and I am quite sure he acquired the land either by homesteading or pre-emption.
My father, Thomas J. Wright, and my uncle, William A. Wright, dug the ditch that is still on use at the ranch.
After living there for several years Wright sold the ranch to George Deal, and after a few more years Deal sold to James Bell.
The ranch was called the Bell Ranch for many years, and even long
after he sold it.
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Southern Oregon Historical Society MS178 George Wright Place Names Page 19
My memory is rather vague about all the people who owned the ranch or lived there, and the Silva brothers are the next ones that I re­ member owning the place. About 1910 Mark Ager owned the ranch and operated it two or three years. He sold to Guy Boone, who operated
the ranch for about half a dozen years, and then sold to Robert Ferrill. Ferrill, after several years, sold to Manuel F. Crovelle, who had the ranch for several years before selling it to Percy F. 'Scholenbarger. The ranch is now known as the Scholenburger Ranch, although it was sold about two years ago to Loran Paine, there were, of course, other people who lived there, either as tenants or as caretakers. They include Joe Clawson, Georg Asevado, George Schro­ field, C.F. Moore and Jesse Wright.
Before William R. Wright settled there, Sal Shattuck and a companion were attacked by hostile Indians while riding the trail along the hillside near where the present road is now located.
Shattuck's companion was wounded by a rifle bullet from the Indians but Shattuck held him on his horse until they reached a doctor.
Shattuck's companion recovered from his wound. During the attack by the Indians Shattuck narrowly missed being wounded when a rifle bullet became imbedded in his saddle.
When Joe Clawson was operating the ranch for George Deal
a cougar came to the corral and killed a calf one night while Clawson and his brother Elie were in the house. Their dog, or dogs, ran to the corral and put the cougar up a juniper tree that used to be in the old corral, and Joe Claws.on shot him down.
It was in one of the old barns which still stands, about 1907, where Joe Silva was fatally injured when an enemy of his shot him with a revolver. Joe Silva was able to ride his horse into town after being wounded, but passed away after reaching town.