Family perseveres thanks to one man

John and I left North Dakota in January 1959. A beater car with two babies, $150 in our pockets and half of a frozen pork in the trunk. We ended up in Madras, where John got a job for $7 and hour. In March, we came to Coos Bay to work for Bob Angell, and later for Sixes River. They gave John a backhoe and asked him to work for them until it was paid off. He did. They kept their word. Thus, John's Backhoe Service was started.