Fern Hobbs and the Snake River Showdown | Oregon Experience 

Definitely need to make a movie of her life.

What an interesting story. My mother grew up on the Snake River in Hells Canyon at Homestead in the 30s. Her last name was Baker. Granddad was a minor and builder. They both had very colorful stories of those days. My granddads sister my Aunt Dorris owned the Pine store and gas station as well a mobile home park. Love this story.

It wasn’t “Baker City” in those days. It was just “Baker.”

too funny.....what a hardass

Terrific story and quite a gal. Observation: In the end, the town dies 2 years later. Not a happy ending for them.

Little was said about how she likely was unable to be married or have children due to the times she lived in. You could serve as she did but only if you never got pregnant.

An amazing woman ❤️

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Disney should to a movie on this.

I've seen about 3 of these programs. Do you ever do programs about the Native people these white people "replaced"?

Great story. But Fern did not clean up Copperfield. The governor and the national guard did.

Early shades of the tyranny and forfeiture of local control Oregonians would have to suffer through 106 years later...under the fiefdom of the most unpopular governor in state history. I don't drink, and to me, bars are a blight on any neighborhood...but no governor has the right to declare martial law because he/she doesn't "like" something. I really regret that my ancestors settled in Oregon.

A female Beto O’roark

Stenographer...the type of job (not dangerous at al!!!) that a fuqing computer can do!