Roberta McKern
Roy Elliott’s 1971 book, “Profiles of Progress,” ranks high on the favorite book list at the East Linn Museum.
The best history of Sweet Home in the museum’s research room, it includes sketches of prominent families who settled here and shaped the town and general vicinity. Among those profiled are the Ameses, the Barrs, Russells, Pickens, Weddles and Whitcombs – 22 in all. Quotes from this book enliven numerous articles on Sweet Home…