1. Reuben Aaron Long was an Eastern Oregon rancher, author, and story teller.
16 Facts About Reub Long
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Reub Long was known throughout Oregon as a witty and wise cowboy philosopher.
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Reub Long's parents bought a ranch in the Fort Rock Valley approximately one hundred and twenty miles north of Lakeview in 1900.
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On one of those trips, Reub Long bought his first saddle for $13.50 using money he had made trading livestock and selling coyote hides.
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The Reub Long ranch had alkaline soil and insufficient water to produce good vegetables.
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The garden was forty miles south of the ranch, but Reub Long made a round trip every three days.
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Reub Long had an older brother, Everett, and a younger sister, Anna.
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Reub Long attended high school in Silver Lake, but only when he was not working.
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Reub Long lived his entire life on his ranch, adjacent to Fort Rock in northern Lake County.
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When Hollywood film crews came to central Oregon to shoot westerns, Reub Long supplied horses, wagons, and other ranch equipment.
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Reub Long helped film makers scout locations and advised them on pioneer life.
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Reub Long served on a Bureau of Land Management advisory board for many years.
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Reub Long used his influence to persuade the Bonneville Power Administration and the Federal Government's Rural Electrification Administration to bring electricity to the Fort Rock Valley.
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Reub Long was a longtime member of the Oregon's State Board of Agriculture, serving as its chairman for a term.
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Reub Long created a trust that endowed a professorship at Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Reub Long Butte is a volcanic cone with twin craters.