George Wisner

George Wisner is a retired newspaper reporter, archaeologist, industrial historian and free-lance writer living in Monroe, Oregon. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University at Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies (anthropology, archaeology and history) from Oregon State University. His major publications include Hull-Oakes Lumber Company’s Steam-Powered Sawmill: A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology (1998) and Trees to Lumber ~ McDonald-Dunn Forest: A Historic Look at Sawmilling (1992). For more than fifteen years he has worked as an archaeological technician for a variety of federal agencies and private firms.