The law firm of (John Knox) Weatherford and (John Russell) Wyatt was located in Albany, Oregon, in the upper Willamette Valley. It was counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad, Thomas Kay Woolen Mills, and many valley towns and corporations. J. K. Weatherford was personally interested in several woolen mills, the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad, and assorted timber lands. He was a member of the Board of Regents of Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, 1897-1923.
From the guide to the Weatherford and Wyatt records, 1890-1924, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)