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Giant Spruce of Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast. Oregon Heritage Trees tell the Oregon Story. Half a century before
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While visiting the Oregon Coast, one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon, you won’t want to miss exploring the historic
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Oregon artist Tyler FuQua has created a spectacular, five-foot red steel ball sculpture to tell a story few people know:
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Ever since the first cave paintings of handprints and hunts, the art on our walls has been a window into our lives, our
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The Blue Atlas Cedar in Carlton’s Ladd Park is over 100 years old. Ladd Park was designed by Samuel Lancaster,
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The 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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This 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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Ewing Young Oak in Oregon’s Willamette Valley ‘Ewing Young, fur trapper and trader in the Southwest and Mexico,
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Ellmaker Grove – Ellmaker Oak, Maple Row and Incense Cedar The trees that make up the Ellmaker Grove include the
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Willamette Mission Cottonwood – Populus trichocarpa ‘This giant black cottonwood stands near the site of the
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What does it take for a tree to be recognized as an Oregon Heritage Tree? Oregon has a vast amount of ancient trees across
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Oregon State Fairgrounds Oak Grove ‘Dating back for six to ten thousand years before the arrival of Euro-American
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