Know Before You Go…

. . . This site is meant to entice you to travel more in Oregon. We think that, if you came to know the unique stories about the contemporary independent-minded people who live and work in Oregon, it would add some fun to your travels.

Pioneers in search of independence, found the courage to settle here 150 years ago. Like them, these folks have also found the courage to do it their way.

Check things out and see for yourself.

Jan Jackson, Publisher

Latest Stories from Oregon

This spring will mark the third season that Thompson’s honeybees will pollinate the flowers in the 80-acre botanical garden.

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Poking my head out the window, I saw the goat stuck upside down—horns wedged underneath the brake and clutch peddles—on the driver’s side floor of the Scout.

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It’s a lonely feeling standing alongside the highway watching a wounded deer thrash his life out at your feet.

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