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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Learning male driving habits

Robert Canaga
Lebanon

by Robert Canaga
Eugene, OR
My dad enjoyed driving as much as I do. On random Sunday mornings, very early, he would say “Let’s go!”.
We usually drove east and he NEVER turned around and seldom stopped. My mother would see something of interest and point it out as dad drove passed, oblivious. We once ended up at [...]



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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Twentieth Century Pioneer

Ric Minich
Boring, Willamette Valley Plus

by Ric Minich
Portland, OR
From my youth, having been born and raised in Delaware, the west coast was my dream destination for life. Opportunity arrived in the Spring of 1974 and like the forefathers a century before, our family (my wife, two sons, and I) left Pennsylvania headed for the Willamette Valley. A week before the [...]



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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

My Way Here

Marilyn Moore
Portland to Sheridan

by Marilyn Moore
Sheridan, OR
The year was 1980, my husband at the time was in the military, and we were to transfer from California. Our choices were Detroit, Michigan or Portland, Oregon. We chose Oregon to remain close to our families. We divorced shortly there after, and he transferred away, and I decided to [...]



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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Sixty Years Later

Helen Torney Randall
Portland/Oregon

by Helen Torney Randall
Portland, OR
When my husband and I drove into Eugene in September 1949, we had been married only two weeks. Neither of us had ever lived in Oregon, and we thought our stay would be temporary, a year or two, while my husband worked on a graduate degree at the University of [...]



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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

7th Generation

Rena Jones
Oregon City

by Rena Jones,
Lake Oswego, OR
I am a 7th generation Oregonian. I have grandchildren who are 9th generation. My Grandfather of many greats was Philander Lee who was with General Canby when they came upon Canby Oregon. There is a school in Canby, OR that is named after Philander. I also am [...]



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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Shearar’s Bridge Hotel at the Bridge

Marie Barton
Shearar's Bridge

by Marie Barton
Portland, OR
My Great Grandparents, Elizabeth and John Taylor, ran the Shearar’s Bridge Hotel, stage stop and Post Office in the early part of the 1900’s. (John Taylor’s parents came to the USA about 1850 and ran the Gridley Hotel in California.)
The Shearar’s Bridge Hotel was built by the Sherar family about 1871, [...]



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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Of Mountains and Rivers

Mrs. Mabel
Portland, OR

Mrs. Mabel’s story shared with Rachel Kvamme
Portland, OR
I had the pleasure of spending one Saturday morning in April 2009 getting to know Mrs. Mabel, a resident at Providence ElderPlace and an Oregon resident for almost all her life. In those few hours we spent together I learned many things about Mrs. Mabel – including [...]



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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Recollections from an Oregon native

Evie Engel
Portland, OR

As told to Evie Engel
Portland, OR
The storyteller asked to share her story anonymously.
Born to Swiss immigrants, this 85-year-old woman lived on a small farm in Bethany, Oregon. The second youngest child, she had three sisters and one brother (of which three are still living). She recalls the farm had fruit trees and helping preserve the [...]



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Friday, September 4th, 2009

Valley Girl

Jen Walker
Junction City

by Jen Walker
Junction City, OR
Even as a small child who had never been anywhere else, I knew I was lucky to live here. I grew up chasing my brother on deer trails in the woods, exploring anonymous creeks, barking at sea lions. I was lucky enough to live in the Valley, with a Grandpa at [...]



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Friday, September 4th, 2009

Columbus Day, 1962

Minnette Meador
Portland

by Minnette Meador
Portland, OR
It was Friday, October 12, 1962. My parents worked to support the five of us, so my sister saw me off to school. She had to leave early that morning so just a thin sweater for me; who needed a coat on such a fine, sunny day?
I sat behind giant mullioned windows [...]



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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

7 generations

Theresa Sousa
Drain

by Theresa Sousa
Medford, OR
I am a sixth-generation Oregonian. My great, great grandfather was one of the original founders of Drain. He, Jessie Applegate, and Frank Drain were the first settlers in the area of Drain. Jessie moved on after a while and found his way to the Jacksonville area. My great, great grandfather was Agusta [...]



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