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Stunning Oregon State Parks with Less CrowdsOregon is home to some truly iconic parks — Crater Lake, we’re looking at you — but beyond the big names, hundreds of
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Disappearing RR Blues: Geocaching Railroad History of NW OregonThe Disappearing RR Blues series of caches highlights the remnants of NW Oregon railroad and trolley right-of-ways or
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Central and Eastern Oregon Museums take you back in TimeThe Central and Eastern Oregon museums will take you back in time. A glimpse into an ever changing Oregon, it’s
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Pendleton Oregon and the Oregon Mural TrailThe videos of Travel Oregon’s Oregon, Only Slightly Exaggerated reveal whimsical scenes of enchanting forests,
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Parkdale’s Ponderosa Pine in the Hood River ValleyThis magnificent landmark on the north slope of Mt. Hood is estimated to be about 600 years old. If Columbus had come to
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Huntington Wagon Road JunipersThe Huntington Wagon Road Junipers. line of a very old Native American Trail. The Huntington Wagon Road was marked by J.W.
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Blue Atlas Cedar in Carlton OregonThe Blue Atlas Cedar in Carlton’s Ladd Park is over 100 years old. Ladd Park was designed by Samuel Lancaster,
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Hoover-Minthorn Pear – Pyrus communisHoover-Minthorn Pear 🍐 Pyrus communis – Oregon Travel Information Council Called a Winter Pear this tree was
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Aurora Colony Black WalnutThis black walnut was planted by the Zimmerman family sometime around 1884. The Zimmerman’s were prominent members of the
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Eco Earth Globe In Salem OregonStory Behind the Globe This sphere was originally a large pressurized tank used by Boise Cascade to hold acids that were
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Courthouse Elm in Roseburg OregonThe Courthouse Elm ‘was given to Douglas County by Binger Hermann. Hermann served in the U.S. Congress from 1885 until
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Big Tree – The Biggest Ponderosa Pine ever RecordedPinus ponderosa – Big Tree – The Biggest Ponderosa Pine ever Recorded This majestic pine is the biggest of its
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