Visitors to Woodville Cemetery may pass the Beers family plot without realizing it is connected to one of the most dramatic and tragic stories in the history of Evans Creek.
More than 130 years ago, brothers Stephen H. Beers and John Beers became the subjects of newspaper headlines across Oregon following a fatal shooting on Evans Creek.
Stephen Beers was a well-known resident of the area, living on a ranch approximately twelve miles above Woodville.…