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Portland Forest Hikes and Hiking from Portland to the Coast now available at Powell's, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and other major book retailers.
Author readings scheduled at Powell's (SE Hawthorne) on March 9th at 7:30 PM. Also at Annie Bloom Books in Hillsdale on March 17th at 7 PM.-
Recent Posts
- New Patreon site to showcase Pacific Northwest folklore
- It takes a Forest. Part 2
- It takes a forest. Part 1
- December 2nd 2016 meeting of the Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency
- What’s in a name?
- The chaos at the end of Belding Road.
- My book, “Hiking From Portland to the Coast” is now available!
- North Fork of the Salmonberry – alternative access to the Salmonberry River
- Please stay off the Salmonberry Trail until it’s safe! Other hikes include:
- Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency – 3rd meeting
- Salmonberry Trail Agency gains traction at Feb 5th meeting.
- Metro: Stop banning dogs from our regional parks!
- Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency hesitates at first meeting.
- What’s up with building the Salmonberry Trail?
- Excerpt from coming book on NW Oregon: What was Illahee?
- The river that connects us; the river that divides us.
- Tales from the Salmonberry River
- Moonshining along the Lower Columbia River.
- Kerfuffle in the St. Helens Schoolyard.
- Be careful what you ask for.
- The Grange movement – the Internet of its day.
- “Animals to Avoid”
- The Wreck of the 104
- 32 Indian and Pioneer Trails in the North Coast range – compiled by R. L. Benson
- Shoot-out at the Sophie Mozee homestead!
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Chinook Canoe
The Chinook Canoe was a craft of extraordinary beauty and was as much their home as it was the outward expression of their graceful relationship with the life-force that sustained them, the Columbia River. These canoes came in all sizes … Continue reading
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Of dogs, children and economy
The Indians of the Lower Columbia had little use for horses, as the forests were far too dense to traverse with the cumbersome horse, and besides their highways were the rivers and streams of the coastal range where narrow footpaths … Continue reading
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