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War Work on the Oregon Coast in 1943

Jayne Walters Latvala
Seaside, Oregon

The following excerpt is from a letter written by Oregon State College alumna, Jayne Walters Latvala, to Elaine Kollins Sewell, editor of the Oregon State Yank. This letter is part of the Oregon State Yank Collection in the Oregon State University Archives.

Seaside, Oregon
24 November 1943
Dear Elaine–
From my typing, you’re probably wondering what kind of [...]

Are you an Ore-fornian?

Cheryl Nelson
Cave Junction, OR

by Cheryl Nelson
Sacramento, CA
Ore-fornian noun: Any native Californian who relocates to Oregon, falls in love with the place, and eventually decides they prefer the Oregon lifestyle better (for any number of reasons) so they end up staying there forever.
I moved to Cave Junction, Oregon in 1979 as a college student. I fell [...]

Oregon’s Moon Tree

The Oregon Travel Information Council
Salem Moon Tree

The Oregon Travel Information Council
The Moon Tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir raised from a seed carried to the moon by Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa in 1971. 
Although Roosa was a native of Oklahoma, he was no stranger to Oregon. While in college, he worked summers here as a smoke jumper and as a surveyor.  Roosa [...]