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Shared with Oregon 150 at the 2009 Oregon State Fair
Hubert Kinder
Woodburn, OR
Hubert Kinder’s Oregon Story
by Tyler Nelson
Oregon City, OR
Dearest Oregon,
I will start by wishing you the best on your 150th birthday. Hopefully you have received everything you put on your birthday list. I’m sorry I didn’t get you anything this year, but I’m running low on cash, mostly because I’ve gone snowboarding so much. On that note I believe [...]
by Eric Peterson
Oregon City, OR
It was just getting dark and I was suiting up to go snowboarding at Ski Bowl. Ski Bowl has the best night skiing runs so I decided to go up to there instead of Mt. Hood Meadows. I was so excited my heart was [...]
by William Minshall
Colverdale, OR
My grandaunt, Della A. (Watson) Montgomery (1876-1967), scaled Oregon’s highest mountain twice in the 1890s. Some of my most pleasant childhood memories were of visits to my Aunt Della’s home. Whenever entering her house, I would stop in the hallway to study a painting hanging on the wall [...]
by Scot Siegel
Lake Oswego, OR
“The language of landscape is mute and immaculate”
- Charles Wright
Dear young wife
On the washed-out plain called guys’
weekend in the mountains
I place atop the cairn rising from glacial till
for you one river stone from the valley
*
Dear teenage daughter
What you do not say aloud this year
I hear cached in talus on the [...]
by Jon Tullis
Timberline Lodge
Government Camp, OR
Timberline Lodge is one of Oregon’s 16 National Historic Landmarks. Ordinarily, properties need to be 50 years old to be considered for this important designation. It is felt that time must pass to consider significance. That makes sense when you consider the term “historic” and remember that these landmarks are [...]
Written and performed by Jon Tullis
Timberline Lodge
Government Camp, OR
First Snow.mp3 (1 MB)
Written and performed by Jon Tullis
Timberline Lodge
Government Camp, OR
Living On The Mountain.mp3 (5 MB)
Written and performed by Jon Tullis
Timberline Lodge
Government Camp, OR
When the Pheasants Fly.mp3 (4 MB)
Written and performed by Jon Tullis
Timberline Lodge, OR
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by Elizabeth Danek
Portland, Oregon
The decision was made. After an eleven-year absence, we would move back to the states—to Oregon. I found the beauty of the region and the pace of life a sanctuary. Within weeks, I secured a teaching position in Portland.
“Take only what’s necessary,” I told them upon my return to [...]
