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.
Though Portland was host to much lively activity and trade, young Hazel Hall couldn’t take part in any of it. Being confined to a wheelchair from the age of twelve, she sat in the upper room of her home watching life in its myriad of shapes and sizes parade before her.
In 1937 the town of Valsetz was still owned by its originators, Cobbs & Mitchell Lumber. Dorothy Ann Hobson was a precocious youngster who, at the age of 9, announced that she was going to edit a newspaper for Valsetz.
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.
Aurora and Independence both have historic districts full of structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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