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A Champoeg Outing
Oregon History On a pleasant September day, I visited Champoeg State Park. There was a pleasant five-mile hike to take […]
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A Pleasant Hike through History to Butteville
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A Winter Hike to Butteville
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A Winter Trek from Champoeg to Butteville
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A Pleasant Winter Hike to Butteville
Sunshine and many little birds singing their lilting songs. Champoeg Park is on the Willamette River about 20 miles south of […]
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Early Winter at Champoeg
By a nail-biting vote of 52-50 in 1843, Oregon became a provisional territory of the United States. The voting site […]
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Late Winter Hike along the Willamette River
Colorful wildflowers and many songbirds – – – it must be getting close to springtime. Champoeg Park is on the Willamette […]
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Flood Stage on the Willamette River
Champoeg Park is on the Willamette River about 20 miles south of Portland. By a vote of 52-50 in 1843 by […]
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Champoeg to Butteville
Red-dead nettle and oaks toothwort are odd names for early-blooming wildflowers. It makes one believe that neither had good marketing […]