Writings
The legend of Art Lacey’s B-17G Bomber is one of the history books. According to Lacey’s daughter, Punky Lacey Scott, the story began at Art Lacey’s 34th birthday party in 1947. Lacey announced his idea to put a bomber atop his gas station, and one of his friends told him that he could never do it.
Ghost towns occur when a community forms around the production, excavation, or otherwise manufacture of resources, but those resources dry up or become obsolete. Some ghost towns arise when a natural disaster strikes and destroys the town. Sometimes, these ghost towns are preserved to share history with visitors from far away or to be celebrated by curious locals. Fortunately, a few ghost towns near Salem also happen to be visitor-friendly and welcoming, such as Oregon State Parks.
Without ever receiving a single rejection, Mrs. Cleary became the writer children all over the world loved to read.
Of all the trillions of trees in the nearly two-hundred million acres of National Forest in the United States, only one tree gets chosen to be THE PEOPLE'S TREE, the one tree chosen each year to adorn the west lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington DC. This tree which stands before the People's House every holiday season, embellished in sparkling regalia and festive colors, is ultimately chosen by the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), but is initially picked out by the people of the state it is coming from. Every year since 1970 a National Forest has been chosen to provide a tree to adorn the Capitol's west lawn for the people, by the people, of the people.
The Roaring River empties into Crabtree Creek near Larwood Bridge - it's the only river to flow into a creek; an oddity in U.S. geography that was featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Tami Richards 