Are you in the mood for an adventure this weekend? If so, take a drive to Granite Oregon, it’s one of Oregon’s most well-known mining “ghost towns” and a perfect opportunity to get a glimpse into the state’s past when people came to the area for mining gold in Granite Creek. About Granite Oregon Located …
Located just 25 minutes from Portland is the town of Wilsonville Oregon. The town was named in 1880 after it’s first postmaster, Charles Wilson. Following the naming of the town, Wilsonville soon had it’s own grade school and a rail road, saloon, hotel and buildings that made up a traditional town in the 1880’s. What’s …
If you ask anyone about their first impression of Oregon if they’ve never been here is that the state gets a lot of rain, but that can’t be further from the truth, especially when you visit the Dalles, the sun-drenched Eastern entrance to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Described as “sun-national”, The Dalles …