100-year-old Oregonian still logging and ranching
Tiffany Haugen shared this story about her grandfather Carrol D. Fountain, who was born 100 years ago Saturday in Walterville, Oregon.
WALTERVILLE, Ore. - Carrol D. Fountain was born the 7th child of John and Salinda Fountain on January 19, 1913, in Walterville, Oregon.
A 2nd generation Oregonian, he was a big baby, weighing in at 13 pounds. His chubby cheeks and long strawberry-blonde curls even earned him 1st place in Lane County's Beautiful Baby Contest.
Brothers Lee, Irvin and Jack and sisters Bess, Mary and Edna composed his older siblings.
Carol attended the old Deerhorn School and graduated from Springfield High School. Baseball motivated him to go to school and he was well known for his quick pitching arm.
Breaking horses was another one of Carrol's talents and he spent his young adult years in Drewsey, Oregon as a buckaroo.
In May 1935 he married Ethel Currant and started a family. Three sons Dick, Mike and Tom and daughter Pam completed his family.
Carrol spent his working years as a logger and rancher.
Carrol has never truly retired, as he is still raising cattle. He worked with horses into his 90s and hunted almost every deer season until just a few years ago.
Carrol continues to be very active riding around on his ATV, hauling wood (still using a chainsaw), tending to his orchards, grapes, gardens and entertaining numerous great-grandchildren on the hill he was born on.
Two Australian shepherds, Sophie and Kitt, remain loyally at Carrol's side, whether he is doing chores or relaxing in front of the wood stove.
KATU, please run all of the stories like this that you can find..!  These days, it seems like most of we hear / read about are crimes and  criminals and politicians; all of which are depressing..!
Stories like this remind us that there ARE really wonderful people right here among us "common folk"..! Â :-)
Happy Birthday Carrol......and may you continue to be happy!
Just goes to show that age doesn't matter unless you are wine or a cheese.
His secret is , he is living his life the way he always did.He didn't waste his life for savings on his retirement. It is the spirit of his mind that keeps him going. I have a neighbour, only 90 years old, an engineer and still working a full time.
It is his work that keeps him going and his spirit...life is great. He is WWII , Korea war veteran, ...pilot, never used his veteran benefits, just to say.
Good for him!  It's probably the secret behind his longevity.  Those Australian Shepherds are great dogs as well.
Some good news, Happy Birthday Sir!
Are they sure that he is 100 years old because he doesn't look 100 years old! He looks great for his age! Happy 100th Birthday, Carrol!
 @Sunny  Apparently he is the Fountain of youth. Congratulations, Mr. Fountain!
Happy late birthday sir
...and he is even driving the right ATV. Cheers!
It beats sitting on your buns in an office or glued to your TeeVee much of your life..
God bless him.
More stories like this please!! Happy Birthday Mr. Fountain~you're an inspiration!!
Nice to read some interresting, heartwarming stories like this instead of all the gloom and doom that the news media like to sensationalize, so they can compete against each other for "News Media" of the year.
Betting he's not a liberal. Any democrat would've raided Social Security or disability 40 years sooner and lived out there days using their ebt card at Winco and making calls on their obama phone  to complain about how the government isn't  doing enough for them.
 @Tom you are so off-topic it's pathetic
 @whirledworld  @Tom He's not merely pathetic, he's fanatical.  I find it very sad to be so filled with loathe for any group of people.  Yo -- Tom -- I'm a liberal, not on disability, never had an EBT card, don't shop at Winco, pay over $140/month for my cell phone and don't ask the government to do anything beyond the basics, roads/police/fire.  You may want to take that mini-vibrator out of your ear (avatar) and listen to the real world some time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR FOUNTAIN!
 @Jim330rifle ~  I'll second that..!   And I'll also add:  Mr Fountain, you sure don't look anything like 100 yrs old..!  :-)
 @margay1 I agree!
There is a reason why we call them the "Greatest Generation", and Mr Fountain is one of those reasons... Â A truly enjoyable story for sure..! Â :-)Â
Awesome!!! Good for you, Mr. Fountain.
Good for you, Mr Fountain! Keep up the good work! You are only as old as you allow yourself to be! Â Â
Love his work ethic...and love his story! Thanks for doing the write-up, Tiffany!
I love this kind of story. Wish the news was full of this rather than: "Man Shot in Back in Aloha", etc.
Great story, well worth the read.
An excellent life lived well! And those are some very fine working dogs -- very happy-looking, too
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