Heroes and Rascals: Quick links, chapter 1:

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A photo of downtown Bourne, Oregon, during the boom years of hard-rock gold mining and swindling the suckers back east, circa 1905. Click here to enlarge.

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The North Pole Mine and stamp mill, near Bourne, as it looked during the boom years. The North Pole was very successful, but by the time White arrived its best years were behind it. Click here to enlarge.

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Local resident Lee Robertson at the upper-level entrance to the North Pole Mine, located less than a mile north of Bourne. This image dates from the 1920s. Click here to enlarge.

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A view of the town of Bourne as seen from the front porch of F. Wallace White's mansion in 1921. When this photo was taken, the town was still "alive," but its glory days were well behind it. Click here to enlarge.

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The front entry of F. Wallace White's rustic mansion as it appeared in 1928, rather shrunken from its glory days when it served as global headquarters for "The Sampson Company Ltd." Click here to enlarge.