Higher Ground
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008The moving of a town, due to flooding of the John Day Dam, as seen though the eyes of the residents, that lived there. These residents are still residing in the present Boardman.
Archive for 2008
The Conversion
Monday, October 20th, 2008By Jane Kirkpatrick
Moro, OR
It’s said that converts become much more rabid than those born into the faith. That’s true for me having grown up in Wisconsin but “converted” to an Oregonian in 1974. Not long after I met my husband (who was born in Ashland), I took a leap of faith moving with [...]
Reedsport’s “Christmas in July”
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008by Joe Coyne
Winchester Bay, OR
When “Christmas In July” began early in 2006 in Reedsport, Oregon, the two Reedsport residents who began [...]
5th Generation Oregonian
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008by Jennifer Larson
Springfield, OR
I’m a 5th generation Oregonian and proud of it! I’ll never forget that Christmas day when all 5 generations were able to have our photo taken. Grammy was so proud to have her daughters, grand-daughter and great-grand daughter all together that year. When I was 19 and freshly married we [...]
Broken Bow Encounters
Friday, October 3rd, 2008by Bruce Tucker
North Bend, OR
I am a field agent with the Department of Revenue, where I’ve worked since 1982. Because of my experience, supervisors asked me to go from North Bend to Medford to train a new employee, Janice, who came to work for Revenue in May, 2007. We’d never met before this.
As [...]
Expanding Horizons
Friday, October 3rd, 2008by Marcele Starr
Philomath, OR
Joel, my husband, loves adventures. However if he were a cat, he would have used up four of his nine lives. The Fourth of July in 2004 undertaking was the culminating event.
Joel and four of his friends were scheduled to take a pack trip on horseback into the Snake River Canyon. [...]
School Kids and State Lands
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008from the Oregon Department of State Lands
Salem, OR
Oregon - the “Eden at the End of the Oregon Trail” – was land rich and cash poor at statehood in 1859. As scores of new families came west to settle and prosper, the new state had few resources to educate their children.
Realizing this challenge, [...]
Growing up
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008by Bill Libby
St. Helens, OR
Hello all..Bill Libby here to share some of my life on the Central Oregon Coast..I was born in Florence to my parents Verle and Alberta Libby..in Dec. 1956..My sister Sherry was already on the scene..Clean air…tall fir trees..All types of wildlife all around…I was raised in Canary, Oregon..My parents owned the [...]
Visit to Crater Lake
Monday, September 29th, 2008by Donna Gramse
Woodburn, OR
I can’t pinpoint the year, but it was around 1958 or 1959. We owned a 1952 Packard with a straight 8. During late summer we took a week-end trip to Crater Lake.
My dad washed the car before we left, and he must have done a good job because Uncle Perry Yoder [...]
Growing up
Monday, September 29th, 2008by Pam Child
I was born in Georgia, only because my father was in the Air Force and met my mother in Illinois. I was born in Georgia, but one year after my birth was moved to Oregon. Since adulthood, I have traveled to at least 18 states and Oregon is the most beautiful; [...]
Changing Directions
Monday, September 29th, 2008by Margaret Garrington
Ashland, OR
In 1977 my first visit to Oregon changed the direction of my life. Working as a land use planner in Arizona, Oregon was already on my radar because of the state’s progressive land use laws. Oregon was often cited as unique in the country because of the strong protections for farms, [...]
