On the water excitement has been the mainstay for Wooldridge Boats for over 90 years. Wooldridge Boats is now in its 4th generation as a boat building family and is here to stay the course for many generations to come.

This page highlights the early years of Wooldridge Boats as it created history and set a path that many have followed, but few have blazed.

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Making Up A Batch Of Venison Jerky	Glen Wooldridge on Salmon River Trip	Jackie Cooper Gang On Rogue River Trip
Ginger Rogers At Ramey Falls	Ginger with Glen On Rogue River Float	Fine Rogue River Catch, Great Old Photo
Rogue River Fishing Trip Paid Off (R&R)	Loaded Up With Lumber For Cabin Run	Freighting Lumber Up The Rogue River
Glen's Pleasant On -The-River Smile	Glen Created The Jackass Outboard Lift	Fueling Up On The Salmon River
His First Ever Trip Up The Salmon River	Coleman Group At Rogue River Camp	Black Bar Lodge On Rogue River
Taking Out Above Gold Beach	Blossom Bar Portage Before Glen Opened It	Finishing Lower Rogue Trip Under Power
Grandpa, Bob, Glen and Baby Grant	Ruell Hawkins On Salmon River Trip	Glen With Rogue River Fish. 1937 News Clipping
Glen At The Helm Reading The Water	Wooldridge Postcard In Heavy Rogue Water	Ready To Go At Grants Pass Railroad Bridge
Grandpa's Invention: The Jackass Lift	Tight Run On Oregon's Rogue River	Trophy Rogue River Chinook Salmon
Trip Up Rogue River With Outboard Prop	Trip Up Rogue River With Outboard Prop	Hal Witherwax And Bob Pritchett At Work Bench
Trip Up Rogue River, Another View	Glen, Pilot Fred Hale, Successful Bear Hunter	Young Glen On The Salmon River
Trip Up Rogue With Outboard Prop	Reading Water Correctly Key To Success	1922, Glen At The Oars On Rogue River Float
Note High Bow For Wave Deflection	First Trip On Idaho's Salmon River	Dick And Ralph Stallman and Glen Scout Rogue River
A Rare Picture Of Glen With A Tie	Glen Picks His Way Through Rogue River Rapids	Glen Congratulated After First Salmon River Trip
Glens Big Tour Boat For Rogue River Trips	Young Glen Test's His Outboard Jet Tunnel In 1988	Katami Lodge Fishing Trip-Grant 10 Years Old
Larry Sutter's 25' Classic For Alaska Transport	Bob Wooldridge Running Stretch of Salmon River	White Cedar Lodge At Gold Beach
Early Years On The Oars. Note Pre-Plywood Boat	Big Buck Clearing The Fence. A Favorite Photo	At Home On The Rogue At The Oars
Bob Pritchett, Glen's Boating Compatriot	Note Wave Deflector Panels On Bow Of Boat	Picking A Path Through Rogue River Channel
First Trip Up Rogue River With Outboard Prop	Another Look At That Historic Jaunt	1940's, Note 2 Sets Of Oarlocks, 10hp Outboard
Bob Pritchett And Charlie Foster With Glen	Details-Building Boats At Glen's Grants Pass Shop	Zane Grey Cabin - Glen Ballou Left, Grandpa At Corner
Bruce Wooldridge At The Oars On Rogue River Trip	Historic First Boat Up Salmon River	Gang's All Here. Trip On Salmon River
Bob Pritchett And Charlie Foster On The Rogue	Early Outboards Got Heavy Use On Glen's Boats	Glen In His 70's On Rogue River
Glen Testing Outboard Jet On Rogue River	Bob With His Favorite Ford Pickup	Glen Ballou, Gpa's Friend On Rogue River Bear Hunt
Glen In Camp Fixing Breakfast, Big Skillet	Glens Booth At 1952 Los Angeles Sport Show	Glen Wooldridge, At Home On The Rogue
More First Trip Up Rogue River Adventure	Glen, Age 79, Run Treacherous Hells Gate	Ginger Rogers, Fishing Gear & Glen
Glen and John Inkropte Test Dick Stallman's Jet In 1962	Hauling Freight Up River On Rogue	Famous Writer Ted Trueblood With Glen
Lifetime Permit To Run Rogue	Whitewater Run Up Rogue River	Outboard Jet's Dick Stallman, Young Glen
A Woody Wooldridge And A Woody Wagon	Glen On Alaska's Yukon River	Boat Building In Grants Pass Shop
Young Glen On Idaho's Salmon River	Wild Sheep Along Salmon River 1948