Douglas Card, PhD, grew up and went to school in Southern Oregon and Eugene; graduated from Willamette U. and worked on a doctorate in sociology from U. of Oregon; learned Russian serving in the army in Germany; returned to Roseburg in 1977 after teaching college in Ohio and San Diego and taught at Umpqua Community College; became interested in Douglas County history where he was an officer in the Douglas County Historical Society and founded the Umpqua Historic Preservation Society, developing the Mill-Pine Historic District; returned to Eugene to complete his PhD in sociology, worked in the mental health field, and ended up teaching sociology at the U. of O. until 2006.

In Eugene, he became active in the Westside-Jefferson Neighborhood organization, became a chair, and was a leader of the restoration project of the historic McNail-Riley House as a neighborhood center. He also worked on City of Eugene historic projects; was Lane County Chair of the 1996 Applegate Trail Commemoration; and over the years, has had historic articles published in the Douglas County "Trapper", the Lane County "Historian", and the Eugene Register-Guard; self-published short books on the historic trails through Lane County and the Belshaw family of Eugene; volunteers to speak on Lane County history at various organizations and historic walking tours; and has been a regular lecturer at the Lane ESD program on Teaching American History; and is helping to develop programs to honor Oregon's Sesquicentennial in 2009.

Doug Card Videos:

Belshaw-Condon House 1

Belshaw-Condon House 2

Belshaw Tragedy

McNail-Riley House