The Endersby School was originally located at the Endersby Junction, 4 miles from Highway 197 on 8 Mile Rd. The town and school were named after Captain W.E. Endersby, a wagon train captain of 1860. Records show that the school building was built as a grange in 1892 used as a school them sold to the school district in 1907. The school operated until 1935, upon closing the students numbering 11 were bused to The Dalles.

When the building was no longer used, it became the property of Ted and Barbara Davidson. In 1995 Barbara Davidson donated the school to the Dufur Historical Society.

The school was moved to its present site in 1994 by a group of local volunteers. Howard Green, owner of Green Construction , a local resident built and donated the foundation. Due to lack of funds the building remained untouched until 2001 when Meyer Memorial awarded the Dufur Historical Society a grant to restore the school. The restoration began in May of 2002 and the building was dedicated in May of 2003."


Source:    Dufur Historical Society website, 2018.

"THE DALLES, Or., Nov.22 -- (Special.) -- Local hunters have been invited to participate in a rabbit drive at Dufur and vicinity Thanksgiving day, for which prizes aggregating $50 have been hung up. The Dufurites will be hosts at a banquet to the hunters in the evening at the Balch Hotel.

The object of the drive is to attempt to exterminate the orchard pests, as much money is lost every year by the fruitgrowers due to the rabbits and other rodents. The scores of the hunters will be based on the following allowance of points: For coyotes, 1000 points; jackrabbits, 250; cottontails, 125; digger squirrels, 100; gophers, 50; mice, 10."


Source:    "Sunday Oregonian", November 23, 1913, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2018.

Joseph and Mary Schreiber with their four sons, Bert, Otto, Carl, and Jack arrived in what is now known as Friend, Oregon in 1898. Joseph and his sons began construction on their log house in 1900 and completed it in 1901. They hand hewed each log, using pine trees from their 320 acre homestead. Four generations of Schreiber's have lived in the log house since its construction. In June 1943 Louie Schreiber, Carl's son, moved into the house with his wife Faye. They lived there until 1973, after which the house stood empty until 1974. At that time they donated their home of 29 years to the Dufur Historical Society so that "both old and young can enjoy it and deepen their appreciation for our pioneer heritage." In October of 1975 the old house was moved to its present location in Dufur where the society members began the project of restoring it to its original condition. It was first open to the public on May 1, 1976, as the Dufur Historical Society Schreiber Log Cabin."


Source:    Dufur Historical Society website, 2018.