Victor Bryant Guynup was born at Abernethy Creek, Oregon City, Oregon in 1917. He spent part of his boyhood in the Ainsworth House in Oregon City, before the family moved to a farm in Mulino, Oregon where his father, Clifford Guynup, cut timber and raised sheep.
Early an adventurer, Vic took a civilian job with the Navy in Hawaii, and was awakened by the bombing on December 7, 1941. He remained in Honolulu through the War, and soon after, moved to Saudi Arabia where he supervised building miles of oil rig infrastructure and a system of skyway transportation that worked where drifting sand would cover ground roads.
He spent his honeymoon in 1949 in Humboldt county, and never left. With his wife Dorothea he founded Guynup Logging and Guynup Enterprises that encompassed diverse business activities including cattle ranching, timber, shipping, shopping centers, real estate, gravel mining and investment.
A truly self-made man, Guynup got along with anyone who was willing to work a fourteen hour day. He often commented to his children that he earned his first paycheck each day before nine a.m. It didn't bother him to also earn the anger of many of his workers' wives who didn't like being wakened by a five am. phone call.
He was one of the first Americans to trade with the Orient and developed lifelong business contacts overseas. Shortly before his death, he was honored as "Lumberman of the Year" capping over fifty years as a prominent figure in the Northcoast timber, ranching, shipping and mining industries.
Early an adventurer, Vic took a civilian job with the Navy in Hawaii, and was awakened by the bombing on December 7, 1941. He remained in Honolulu through the War, and soon after, moved to Saudi Arabia where he supervised building miles of oil rig infrastructure and a system of skyway transportation that worked where drifting sand would cover ground roads.
He spent his honeymoon in 1949 in Humboldt county, and never left. With his wife Dorothea he founded Guynup Logging and Guynup Enterprises that encompassed diverse business activities including cattle ranching, timber, shipping, shopping centers, real estate, gravel mining and investment.
A truly self-made man, Guynup got along with anyone who was willing to work a fourteen hour day. He often commented to his children that he earned his first paycheck each day before nine a.m. It didn't bother him to also earn the anger of many of his workers' wives who didn't like being wakened by a five am. phone call.
He was one of the first Americans to trade with the Orient and developed lifelong business contacts overseas. Shortly before his death, he was honored as "Lumberman of the Year" capping over fifty years as a prominent figure in the Northcoast timber, ranching, shipping and mining industries.
Victor Bryant Guynup was born at Abernethy Creek, Oregon City, Oregon in 1917. He spent part of his boyhood in the Ainsworth House in Oregon City, before the family moved to a farm in Mulino, Oregon where his father, Clifford Guynup, cut timber and raised sheep.
Early an adventurer, Vic took a civilian job with the Navy in Hawaii, and was awakened by the bombing on December 7, 1941. He remained in Honolulu through the War, and soon after, moved to Saudi Arabia where he supervised building miles of oil rig infrastructure and a system of skyway transportation that worked where drifting sand would cover ground roads.
He spent his honeymoon in 1949 in Humboldt county, and never left. With his wife Dorothea he founded Guynup Logging and Guynup Enterprises that encompassed diverse business activities including cattle ranching, timber, shipping, shopping centers, real estate, gravel mining and investment.
A truly self-made man, Guynup got along with anyone who was willing to work a fourteen hour day. He often commented to his children that he earned his first paycheck each day before nine a.m. It didn't bother him to also earn the anger of many of his workers' wives who didn't like being wakened by a five am. phone call.
He was one of the first Americans to trade with the Orient and developed lifelong business contacts overseas. Shortly before his death, he was honored as "Lumberman of the Year" capping over fifty years as a prominent figure in the Northcoast timber, ranching, shipping and mining industries.
Early an adventurer, Vic took a civilian job with the Navy in Hawaii, and was awakened by the bombing on December 7, 1941. He remained in Honolulu through the War, and soon after, moved to Saudi Arabia where he supervised building miles of oil rig infrastructure and a system of skyway transportation that worked where drifting sand would cover ground roads.
He spent his honeymoon in 1949 in Humboldt county, and never left. With his wife Dorothea he founded Guynup Logging and Guynup Enterprises that encompassed diverse business activities including cattle ranching, timber, shipping, shopping centers, real estate, gravel mining and investment.
A truly self-made man, Guynup got along with anyone who was willing to work a fourteen hour day. He often commented to his children that he earned his first paycheck each day before nine a.m. It didn't bother him to also earn the anger of many of his workers' wives who didn't like being wakened by a five am. phone call.
He was one of the first Americans to trade with the Orient and developed lifelong business contacts overseas. Shortly before his death, he was honored as "Lumberman of the Year" capping over fifty years as a prominent figure in the Northcoast timber, ranching, shipping and mining industries.
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