tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post3407598917233470298..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Bearscat Baking to Open in Former Garage, now Ira's AlleySalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-50134478395494819262019-06-09T04:11:21.547-07:002019-06-09T04:11:21.547-07:00My grandfather comes from the tradition of men lik...My grandfather comes from the tradition of men like Ira moving from being blacksmiths to auto mechanics and auto tires. <br /><br />His father, James Chamberlain, was born around 1860 in the area south of Dallas to pioneer parents and became a blacksmith like his father. He later moved to Central Oregon at the request of his Uncle Frank Prine to a small settlement what later became Prineville. He worked as the city's main blacksmith. It was there in 1878 my grandfather was born and brought up in the family business to also be a blacksmith. <br /><br />My grandfather, John Chamberlain, moved back to the Willamette Valley near Falls City as a young man. He continued to work in the area, but as transportation changed he moved on to work on all kinds of wheeled vehicles including early automobiles. My grandfather moved to Salem in 1920 with his young family and lived on North Street and worked at local auto repair shops until WWII. He moved to his maternal grandmother's property on the Lukiamute River in 1945 where he built a log cabin....even though no pioneer in the area actually ever lived in one as sawmills came to the area in the 1830s.<br /><br />My point is that automobiles and blacksmiths are intricately linked in history. Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com